Author: Meg

What Women in Tech Need to Know about the Recent Stimulus Package

As you might be aware, in late December 2020, the president signed into law another round of economic stimulus. In March 2020, we had the CARES Act. Now we have the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.

Lessons from Airbnb’s IPO

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The unique, initial 7-day trading window for all the Airbnb employees after the IPO has now closed. What might we learn from Airbnb’s IPO, even though we still have most of a 6-month lockup left to go? I think plenty.

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Are you in a committed, but unmarried, partnership? You need to think about a few things.

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A lot of our clients are in committed, unmarried relationships. Sometimes we work with only one member of the couple. Sometimes we work with both members. Most couples haven’t thought about the effects of their decision to remain unmarried.

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Meg’s Musings: The Unknown

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Welcome back to another round of Meg’s random thoughts of the last few months. I hope you enjoy.

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Reasonable but Arbitrary: The Best You Can Do with Many Financial Decisions.

Have you ever had questions like these about your own finances? Wondered how to figure out the answer?

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Airbnb Is Going Public. What Should I Do with My Stock Options?

Airbnb is going public. You have stock options. Likely you also have RSUs and possibly even outright shares of stock. Does it all feel like one inextricable heap? How will you ever create a comprehensive, comprehensible strategy for all of this?

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Airbnb Is Going Public. What Should I Do with my RSUs?

Airbnb is going public. You have a bunch of RSUs. You are wide-eyed with uncertainty and excitement. Discuss.

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Airbnb Is Going Public. What a Good Time to Give Away Your Money.

If you’re staring at a windfall from Airbnb’s upcoming IPO, let’s take a moment to think about giving some of it away.

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Airbnb Is Going Public. Time to Create a (Flexible) Strategy.

Soooo…Airbnb’s going public. Can I get a woo woooo?!

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Meg’s Musings: Thriving in the Time of Covid

We are all emerging from the first “stage” of quarantine. We are also all starting to realize that, contrary to what I assumed back in March, this is all going to take a lot longer than just a few months to fix.

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Your company is doing a tender offer. Should you participate?

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When you work at a private company, you might dream about your company going IPO one day, and all your company stock turning into riches. If you’re reading this post, I imagine you are now contending with one of the other ways to turn private-company stock into grocery money: a tender offer.

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Meg’s Musings: (Reducing) Spending Edition

I offer up these thoughts on spending in the spirit of: If it helps, I am happy. If this is not the right time for you to think about such things, please ignore them! The internet is wonderful (and terrible) in that nothing ever disappears. Come back later if you want.

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Author: Meg

What Women in Tech Need to Know about the Recent Stimulus Package

Lessons from Airbnb’s IPO

Are you in a committed, but unmarried, partnership? You need to think about a few things.

Meg’s Musings: The Unknown

Reasonable but Arbitrary: The Best You Can Do with Many Financial Decisions.

Airbnb Is Going Public. What Should I Do with My Stock Options?

Airbnb Is Going Public. What Should I Do with my RSUs?

Airbnb Is Going Public. What a Good Time to Give Away Your Money.

Airbnb Is Going Public. Time to Create a (Flexible) Strategy.

Meg’s Musings: Thriving in the Time of Covid

Your company is doing a tender offer. Should you participate?

Meg’s Musings: (Reducing) Spending Edition

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