Equity Comp Master Class

4.9 (79)

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9 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Improve your value prop, hit Service-Market-Fit, and scale your RIA within the startup niche. (+18.5 CFP® CE hours)

Course overview

Become an Equity Comp Black Belt

Do better work for clients, in less time, with more confidence. What are you waiting for?

Who is this course for

01

Small RIAs looking to grow their business serving the tech community

02

Advisors who want to master the art and science of equity compensation

03

Equity Comp experts who want to expand their mastery

Key outcomes

Master the Fundamentals

Everything you need to know about RSUs, ISOs, NSOs, and Restricted Stock. Including the ripple effects of decisions for each equity type both within a tax year and across tax years.

Model Liquidity Events

Develop frameworks for IPOs, Direct Listings, and Tender Offers for any mix of equity types across a range of client objectives.

Risk-Free Reps

Get risk-free repetitions with in-depth case studies to more efficiently and effectively serve clients with equity comp complexity.... PLUS get access to Trayecto's financial planning software!

Human Capital Strategy

Be a better guide for clients during career trade-offs that impact human capital. Understand nuances of the startup world from fundraising and valuation to company building and liquidity.

This course includes

17 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

44 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

4 projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Jul 29—Aug 4

    Jul

    29

    Live Session 1

    Mon 7/297:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)

    Module 1 - Equity Compensation Overview and Public Company RSUs

    12 items

Week 2

Aug 5—Aug 11

    Aug

    6

    Drop In Hours 1

    Tue 8/64:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Aug

    8

    Drop In Hours 2

    Thu 8/87:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

Week 3

Aug 12—Aug 18

    Aug

    12

    Live Session 2

    Mon 8/127:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)

    Module 2 - Private Company RSUs and Public Offerings

    8 items

Week 4

Aug 19—Aug 25

    Aug

    20

    Drop In Hour 3

    Tue 8/204:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Aug

    22

    Drop In Hours 4

    Thu 8/227:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

Week 5

Aug 26—Sep 1

    Aug

    26

    Live Session 3

    Mon 8/267:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)

    Module 3 - Private Companies and Stock Options (ISOs and NSOs)

    11 items

Week 6

Sep 2—Sep 8

    Sep

    3

    Drop In Hours 5

    Tue 9/34:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Sep

    5

    Drop In Hours 6

    Thu 9/57:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

Week 7

Sep 9—Sep 15

    Sep

    9

    Live Session 4

    Mon 9/97:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)

    Module 4 - Private Company Liquidity Events (ISOs, NSOs, and RSUs)

    7 items

Week 8

Sep 16—Sep 22

    Sep

    17

    Drop In Hours 7

    Tue 9/174:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Sep

    19

    Drop in Hours 8

    Thu 9/197:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Module 5 - Startup Founding, Pre Liquidity Financing, and Job Changes

    10 items

Week 9

Sep 23—Sep 25

    Sep

    23

    Cohort Graduation

    Mon 9/237:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)

Post-course

    Oct

    2

    Optional: Catch Up Drop in Hours

    Wed 10/27:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Oct

    9

    Optional: Catch Up Drop in Hours

    Wed 10/97:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Oct

    15

    Optional: Catch Up Drop in Hours

    Tue 10/154:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Oct

    23

    Optional: Catch Up Drop in Hours

    Wed 10/237:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

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Meet your instructor

Russell Kroeger, CFP®

Russell Kroeger, CFP®

Founder, Trayecto

Russell spent the last several years building a San Francisco-based RIA that serves the startup community. He has a decade of experience as a practitioner and works exclusively with founders, early employees, and public company executives to navigate work-life transitions, including over $800m in exits at companies like GitHub, Mulesoft, Slack, Roblox, Airbnb, Asana, Palantir, Coinbase, and Stripe.


This course exists to help financial planners improve outcomes for their clients and grow their businesses by addressing needs specific to the startup community.

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