# Employee learning centre

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.

## Learn how your grant works

Author: The Carta Team  
Date: January 2024  
featured article  
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.  
View](/content/uk/en/learn/equity/share-options/index.html)

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.  
View](/content/uk/en/learn/equity/stock-options/vesting/index.html)

Educational Essentials  
September 2024  
Exercising stock options  
Maximize your tax benefits and minimize risks by learning when and how to exercise stock options.  
View](/content/uk/en/learn/equity/stock-options/exercising/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.](/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**](/content/uk/en/learn/equity/share-options/index.html)

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

[**Growth shares**](/content/uk/en/learn/startups/equity-management/private-company-valuations/growth-share-valuations/index.html)

[**Bons de souscription de parts de créateur d’entreprise (BSPCEs)**](/content/uk/en/learn/startups/compensation/employee-equity/france/index.html)