Hiring early employees, advisors, and executives is where your company’s culture, cost structure, and reputation in the talent market are set. It’s also where classification mistakes, improvised equity promises, and unclear IP ownership can create enduring problems. Altum helps you design hiring and compensation practices that attract and retain top talent while staying aligned with employment law and investor expectations.
Founders can move quickly on people decisions. They mix templates, offer equity informally, or treat contractors like employees without understanding the legal implications. Over time this creates misclassified workers, inconsistent offers, unclear IP ownership, and equity promises that are hard to honor or explain in diligence.
With Altum’s counsel, you get a coherent approach to roles, offers, and incentives, not just one-off documents, so your team can grow with confidence.
“Altum helped us turn a collection of one-off offers into a coherent hiring and equity approach. Candidates get clearer offers, our team understands how compensation works, and investors were comfortable with how we’ve built the team.”