Beginner Participation

What if an employee leaves the company?

The answer is fairly simple: it depends on the rules you set as a company. Most of the time the following rules account:

1. When a employee leaves on good grounds they can sell back their shares for the price at that moment. The company does have a fairly long payment term because it should not bring the company in financial bad weather;
2. When a employee leaves as a “bad leaver” (fired on the spot for lawful reasons), they either get the actual cash back they once invested (we pretend the investment never happened) or they get nothing at all;
3. Some companies (like Share Council) allow everyone to keep their shares, we believe it is the best way to have and keep a large ambassador network. A conclusive answer to this question is found in the Trust Conditions that apply to your participation.

Amsterdam startup Share Council secures over €1M from The Sharing Group and others; here’s how

Amsterdam-based social enterprise Share Council, a FinTech startup focused on “closing the capital wealth gap by making every SME employee co-owner”, announced on Tuesday that it is proud to have raised over €1M in funding from The Sharing Group (known from MyWheels & Mijndomein) and a network of strategic angel investors. Share Council is build […]
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Explanation of Business Valuation: The essence and necessity

Business Valuation is something you will encounter at some point in your company’s development, probably sooner than you think. For employees, the value of their participation in the company may be more relevant. It is easy to get caught up in all the jargon, but really it is rather simple and I’ll try to explain here how it works and how it can be done.
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