Articles

Startup Equity: Calculating Potential Windfall, Taxes and Costs

As you plan to cash out your startup shares outside of a traditional liquidity event (IPO, acquisition, merger), consider the potential value, costs, and tax considerations you'll need to keep in mind as you go through this process.

Selling Your Startup Shares: Comparison of Secondary Stock Marketplaces

For those beginning the process of executing on a secondary sale of your shares, we've outlined several specific vendors and types of sales in this article, with the relevant fees and restrictions for each.

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Promissory Note Program: A Financial Employee Benefit for Early-Stage Startups

76% of startup employees never exercise or sell the pre-IPO stock options they have earned. Harness Wealth's Promissory Note Program allows employees to exercise without putting up any cash upfront.

How a Financial Advisor Can Help During Market Turbulence

Sudden drops in market performance can be alarming. What does this mean for your financial planning? And how can a Financial Advisor help?

Tax Deadline Extension: Planning for the Impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in 2020

With the Coronavrius epidemic impacting the US economy, the IRS and the Secretary of the Treasury have recently announced changes to 2020’s (2019 tax year) usual deadlines.

Tax Planning vs. Tax Preparation: What’s the Difference?

Danielle McCarthy, CPA, MST explains the difference between tax planning and tax preparation, key tax optimizations you can make on your own, and how to most productively work with an accountant.

2019 Year in Review

As our first year comes to a close, our CEO shares some of our exciting milestones from 2019.

Tax Strategy: Gifting Assets

In The Advisor Corner this month, MRA Associates explores what to consider when thinking about a Gifting Strategy. MRA Associates is a Financial Advisory Firm on the Harness Wealth platform.

The 2019 Gen X Survey

We conducted a survey to learn more about how Gen-Xers thought about financial planning and what they needed. We found that of 1,000 Gen-Xers aged 35 to 60 showed most believe they lack the knowledge necessary to manage their finances, despite spending a substantial amount of time on money management.

Iterating and Growing the Architecture of Harness Wealth

The underlying system behind Harness Wealth is a critical component of our business. Here our Engineering team outlines the initial system they build and the rationale behind it.