# Owning equity in your company can yield life-changing results.

At Carta, we’ve helped empower over 1.7 million equity owners. Learn everything you need to know—from our trusted experts.

## Equity basics

**Author:** The Carta Team  
**Date:** December 2025  
**Featured article:** Equity in business: A founder's perspective  
Learn the fundamentals of company equity, including the different types you will issue and how to manage ownership as you build your business.  
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**Employee Resource Center**  
**Date:** January 2025  
**Article:** Startup equity calculator  
Learn how to value your startup equity and download our startup equity calculator to see what your equity could be worth. Calculate your startup equity value today.  
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**Category:** Equity  
**Date:** December 2025  
**Article:** Vesting: A guide to equity schedules  
Learn everything you need to know about vesting, including how vesting schedules work and how to structure them for your team.  
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**Category:** Equity Education  
**Date:** July 2025  
**Article:** Strike price  
Wondering what determines strike prices and how much your stock options could be worth? Learn about what a strike price is and how options can gain value over time.  
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## Types of equity

[**What are stock options and how do they work?**](/content/sg/en/learn/equity/stock-options/index.html)

[**Incentive Stock Options (ISOs)**](/content/sg/en/learn/equity/stock-options/iso/index.html)

[**Non-Qualified Stock Options (NSOs)**](/content/sg/en/learn/equity/stock-options/nso/index.html)

[**Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)**](/content/sg/en/learn/equity/rsu/index.html)

## Equity 101 video course

**VIDEO COURSE**  
**What is equity?**  
The short answer: Equity is partial ownership in a company. Walk through why owning equity in a private company can have seriously life-changing results.  
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**VIDEO COURSE**  
**How vesting works**  
Vesting usually means earning the right to actually own your equity. And that’s often a matter of time.  
[View course](/content/sg/en/equity/learn/vesting/index.html)

**VIDEO COURSE**  
**How to sell your shares**  
What are the different ways you can sell your shares in a private company, and what do you need to consider before you make that decision?  
[View course](/content/sg/en/equity/learn/selling-shares/index.html)

## Exercising and taxes

[**What does it mean to exercise stock options?**](/content/sg/en/learn/equity/stock-options/exercising/index.html)

[**How stock options are taxed**](/content/sg/en/learn/equity/stock-options/taxes/index.html)

[**What is the alternative minimum tax (AMT)?**](/content/sg/en/learn/equity/stock-options/taxes/amt/index.html)