Employee Equity: What You Really Own

This lesson establishes the practical meaning of employee equity: what you may own, what you merely have a right to receive or buy, and why the difference matters. It separates company value from personal value by looking at vesting, exercise price, dilution, liquidity, and exit outcomes.

Because this is an Australian-guided course, the lesson also frames overseas terms such as ISOs and NSOs as concepts employees may see in global company documents, while keeping the focus on the economic questions that apply before tax and legal detail. By the end, learners should be able to read an equity offer with clearer eyes and identify what is known, unknown, negotiable, and risky.