This Thursday: Annual CompStudy Webcast

Apologies for my blog silence since the summer began, but I have been hibernating in my "book cave" writing my first book. After I finish the manuscript, I will be blogging about its content and some of the new analyses from it. For now, the one-line preview is that its working title is Founding Dilemmas, and that it will tackle the most important early decisions founders make that tend to get them and their startups into trouble down the road.

My most recent blog-post was about the launch of our 2010 CompStudy survey. As a bookend to that, this Thursday we are doing our annual webcast to unveil the results of the 2010 survey. Below are the details for how to tune in.

Executive Compensation: Insights from the 2010 CompStudy Startup Survey

Date: Thursday – October 14, 2010

Time: Technology CompStudy webcast — 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Eastern
Registration: http://webcast.ey.com/thoughtcenter/?pid=2959

Time: Life Sciences CompStudy webcast — 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Eastern
Registration: http://webcast.ey.com/thoughtcenter/?pid=2960

As startups seek to control cash burn while still seizing strategic opportunities and upgrading talent, the need for a compensation plan that supports business objectives becomes critical. Decisions made today in regard to the mix of cash, equity and incentive compensation will have long-term impact.

How are industry-specific dynamics within technology and life sciences affecting compensation trends? Are your compensation programs effectively structured to keep your top talent in place and motivated in today’s economic environment? How do you compare to your peers?

Join us on October 14 as a distinguished panel of representatives from Ernst & Young, J. Robert Scott, the Harvard Business School and leading venture capital firms reviews the results of the global 2010 CompStudy survey and discusses the key takeaways for technology and life sciences companies in separate webcasts:

• Technology CompStudy webcast — 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Eastern
• Life Sciences CompStudy webcast — 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Eastern

About the CompStudy survey

CompStudy is produced by professionals at J. Robert Scott and Ernst & Young in collaboration with academics from the Harvard Business School and covers the US, UK, Israel, China and India.

Now in its 11th year and covering more than 25,000 executives at 5,000 startup companies, CompStudy is the longest running, most comprehensive survey of its kind.

The survey provides in-depth compensation benchmarking data across a number of variables, including financing stage, company size in terms of revenue and headcount, founder/non-founder status, industry segment and geography.

These webcasts are relevant to CEOs, CFOs, HR executives, investors and board compensation committee members as they prepare 2011 executive remuneration plans.

For more information about these webcasts, please contact John de Yonge, Associate Director, Ernst & Young Venture Capital Advisory Group, at john.de_yonge@ey.com.