Michelle Coventry has been working in the people and talent space for over 20 years and, not only does she really know her stuff, she's also generous with her time and knowledge to those coming up in startupland. She is also VP of people operations at autonomous car technology startup FiveAI and part-time talent advisor at VC Kindred Capital. We chatted to her about how to set up stock options schemes and the value they can bring to European startups.
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