'Now, All of Our Employees Are Owners'
Dale Carlsen, founder of the Sleep Train, says his company's profits have grown 600 percent since he gave 25 percent of it to his employees. Watch video
Employee Stock Ownership Plans
How to Explain Stock Options to Employees
Think it's not your job? Wrong. If your employees make a mess of their options, it hurts you more than you think. Read more
Improving Employee Benefits
n-Link Corporation founder Sandra Green discusses how creating an employee stock ownership plan gave her employees more incentive to stay at their current jobs. Watch video
Torch Technologies
Recognition for a job well done can be as simple as dinner and a movie, and at Torch Technologies, it is. Read more
Cargas Systems: Chip Cargas
It’s a good sign when employees are eager to invest in their company, and at Cargas Systems, 95 percent of employees have dug their own money into company stock. Read more
Recent Employee Stock Ownership Plans Articles
Intuit's Scott Cook on Motivating Employees 
Founder and chairman of Intuit, Scott Cook is responsible for that invaluable entrepreneurial aid, Quick Books. Here he talks about how to get the most ou... Watch video
Survival Story
Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year Ping Fu discusses her software firm Geomagic. Having survived Chinese prisons, she came to America and built Geomag... Watch video
The Home Depot
Bernie Marcus, founder of The Home Depot, addresses how Sarbanes-Oxley affects small business owners today. He encourages all small business owners to get... Watch video
Disaster Relief
Richard Zuschlag, CEO of Acadian Ambulance Services, discusses his companies heroic involvement in hurricane Katrina. As a local ambulance service, Acadia... Watch video
Get the Most Out of New Employees
Vance Patterson, co-founder and CEO of Patterson Fan, discusses smart hiring practices, and how to keep the best employees involved through profit-sharing... Watch video
The Ultimate Employee Buy-in
Sell the company to your employees? It's a great idea--both for you and for the business you're leaving behind. Read more
How Small Is Too Small for an ESOP?
Wondering if an employee stock ownership plan is worth your while? Consider these guidelines. Read more
Borrowing from Employees
Raising capital by allowing employees to act as investors. Read more
Repurchasing Employee Stock
Understanding the potential risks of ESOPs available repurchase liability software. Read more
Getting The Most Out Of An Esop
It takes more than a piece of the rock to motivate employees. They want to feel they have a piece of the action, too. Read more
Louis Kelso's Esop Crusade
The inventor of ESOPs talks about how hard it is to put a theory into practice. Read more
How To Decide If Your Company Needs An Esop
How To Decide If Your Company Needs An Esop. An Employee Stock Ownership Plan carries three fundamental benefits and three fundamental disadvantages for a cl... Read more
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
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