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Sandman: Inflectra plans phantom stock for employees upon receiving acquisition offer

Adam Sandman · Founder Hits $13m Revenue with No VC Raised selling SaaS to Defense Firms · Nov 14, 2023 · at 14:39

Adam Sandman, founder of Inflectra, shares his plan for employee compensation upon an exit with Nathan Latka.

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“We will do that when we, if we, once we start yeah, the plan is once we get near an offer, an actual offer, we would do that. Exactly. That's exactly right. We do a phantom stock plan.”

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