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Welcome to Carta! The following guides and videos offer an introduction to employee equity, so you can understand what your grant means and how it works.

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Author: The Carta Team
Date: January 2024
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Equity glossary
Carta's ever-growing glossary of financial and private equity terms will help you understand the jargon that frequently comes up in the industry.](/content/uk/en/learn/equity/glossary/index.html)

Equity Education
February 2024
Share options
Share options are a powerful tool that can unite a team towards a long-term goal and allow you to hang on to top talent for longer.
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Equity
December 2025
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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Educational Essentials
September 2024
Exercising stock options
Maximize your tax benefits and minimize risks by learning when and how to exercise stock options.
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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.](/content/uk/en/equity/learn/what-is-equity/index.html)

VIDEO COURSE
How vesting works
Vesting usually means earning the right to actually own your equity. And that’s often a matter of time.](/content/uk/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?](/content/uk/en/equity/learn/selling-shares/index.html)

Types of equity

Share options

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Growth shares

Bons de souscription de parts de créateur d’entreprise (BSPCEs)