Josef Bouchal

Flexible Financing for Startups Featuring Convertible Loans

When founders are looking for investors and a quick cash injection for their startup or don’t know their initial valuation, they might want to get a convertible loan, which is a combination of a loan with favourable terms and an investment. A convertible loan enables investors to invest in a project that has great potential but a not particularly clear value. How exactly does it work?

Jaroslav Baier a Josef Bouchal · 8 January 2024

From an employee to a millionaire

What ESOP plans are good for?

The history of companies, especially those that have changed the world, is full of stories of employees who became millionaires thanks to holding shares in the company. How did companies achieve this success? They used employee stock ownership plans, so-called ESOPs. How do such incentive programmes work and what options do we have in the Czech Republic?

Jaroslav Baier, Josef Žaloudek a Josef Bouchal · 11 September 2023