Onboarding
Your official first day is typically the “start date” listed on your offer letter. Founders will have tasks to complete before their official start date and may opt to have their first individual office hour before their first day.
New founders will be welcomed and introduced to other OCV founders in a shared “OCV Founders” channel on their first day. The “OCV Founders” channel is where you can find important updates and information from OCV.
Slack
Slack is OCV’s preferred communication tool. Each company has two OCV channels:
ocv-[company name]for general questions and communicating with the OCV team.accounting-[company name]for finance-related discussions.
Use Slack as the first line of communication with the OCV team. Avoid DMs as much as possible and keep the majority of conversations in the open company channel. Always @ mention GPs if you want to call their attention to a particular message or are following up on an action item.
The OCV Slack channels are intended for executive-level company communication. Sensitive company matters are frequently discussed in this channel, and hires outside of the executive team should only be invited to the company’s specific Slack channels.
Systems access
OCV uses a standard set of software to set up core business systems for new companies. Companies need to operate on the standard systems until after they have raised a Seed round. This includes systems for email, equity management, payroll, recruiting, document management, document signing, etc. OCV cannot accommodate requests to use alternative solutions.
Founders should confirm access to all core business systems on their first day. If you have trouble accessing a system, reach out to OCV in our shared channel.
Founder email(s)
Group email alias for core business operations
OCV founder group access (Ops, document access, messaging systems, etc.)
Payroll service provider (EOR)
Internal messaging systems
Prepare for Office Hours
Review the Office Hours handbook page and prepare your agenda. A link to your individual office hour agenda can be found in your company’s dashboard. The first two office hour agendas are pre-populated. OCV partners typically want to discuss the project and its background, initial commercialization, setting your first goal, and will introduce the Building Blocks concept.
Founders will be asked to share their 2-sentence company description during Group Office Hours. We recommend spending time writing a first draft on your first day. The description will be workshopped during individual office hours, which may occur before or after your first GOH, depending on your start day.
New CEOs should review the existing 2-sentence description and practice delivering it and/or make changes to it.
83b election
Founders who have purchased shares or elected for early exercise must file their 83(b) elections through physical mail or online and provide proof of mailing/submission (postmarked before the 30-day deadline) to the legal team. Beyond personal tax implications, 83(b) elections can affect a company's future tax withholding requirements—a key due diligence item during later financing rounds.
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