Editorial coverage on founders
Editorial coverage on founders. Field reports and reference pieces, reviewed by human editors before publication.
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The 83(b) election is a one-page form with a hard 30-day deadline. Miss it and years of appreciation get taxed as ordinary income. This is the mechanics, the maths, and the specific edge cases that surprise people — written for founders about to sign, not tax students.
Most founder equity guides stop at the first paragraph of useful detail. This one keeps going — the mechanics of cliffs, what happens at acquisition, how the IRS treats acceleration, and the cases nobody warns you about until you live them.
Founder mental health is the most-discussed and least-actioned topic in startups. Here is what holds up when you check it against actual research and outcomes.