Onboarding
Founder onboarding checklists are in the Onboarding tab in your company's Office Hours doc.
Onboarding begins immediately after signing the indicative offer letter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Account and system ownership of all admin systems will be transferred from OCV to the company founders. 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.
Company laptop purchasing
Full-time employees (FTEs) must work on a company-issued laptop or computer equipment. FTEs may purchase a company-issued laptop using their personal corporate credit card. Laptops should be purchased and acquired before your official first day. Contractors should use their own equipment for work.
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 Pulse 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.
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