[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":372},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-2683104":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":43,"post_text":45,"what":46,"said":74,"maker_in_thread":202,"shape":210,"grid":213,"attempts":337,"same_week":338,"maker_shows":252,"maker_hidden":364,"reader_version":365,"card":366},"2683104","Foundrs co-founder equity calculator","A co-founder equity calculator over the weekend","title","Show HN: I wrote a co-founder equity calculator over the weekend","http:\u002F\u002Ffoundrs.com\u002Fcalculator\u002Findex.php","foundrs.com","alain94040",1308751106,2011,136,50,69,1097,7,"notable","web_saas","equity calculator","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"co-founder equity","equity split calculator","startup equity","cap table","mixed",0.101,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":18},9,10,4,30,{"design":36,"idea":38,"performance":40,"execution":42},{"positive":37,"critical":37},0,{"positive":33,"critical":39},5,{"positive":33,"critical":41},1,{"positive":41,"critical":41},[37,37,37,37,37,37,37,44,37,37,44,44,37,39,39,39,41,44,39,41,39,44,41,44,41,41,37,44,39,41,44,44,37,44,39,39,37,44,37,44],3,null,{"problem":47,"audience":57,"pricing":45,"motivation":45,"time_to_build":64,"stack":70,"openness":71,"stage":72,"team_size":73},{"value":48,"source":49,"evidence":50},"Deciding how to split equity among co-founders","inferred",[51,54],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},"2683115","I'm sure there are plenty of corner cases that will lead to absurd results, but let me know if this is overall worth improving or not. Thanks!",{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},"2683339","I didn't implement rounding in the first version for a very simple reason: in the case of 3 equal founders, the answer should be 33.33\u002F33.33\u002F33.33. So rounding to the nearest 5…",{"value":58,"source":49,"evidence":59},"Startup founders",[60,61],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},"2683256","Thanks, you are of course correct. No one in their right mind would blindly say \"the calculator says you should get 23% of equity, that's what you'll get\". Rather, it's a way to…",{"value":65,"source":66,"evidence":67},"Built over a weekend","maker",[68],{"id":69},"post",[],"unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":75,"objections":107,"requests":145,"questions":175,"alternatives":187},[76,92],{"value":77,"source":78,"evidence":79},"Results matched real splits people had at their companies","commenter",[80,84,88],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"2683763","rdl","As a validation data point, it came to within 5 points on the actual 3-way split at my company.",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"2683781","phereford","I have been running my startup for a little over 2 years now (bootstrapped). After inputting my constraints\u002Fsituation to the simulation, it was pretty much spot on. I definitely…",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"2684132","teamlaft","Just tested it out and it's pretty cool. Obviously not a be all end all, but tested out some situations I'm in and some which my friends are in, and it gets pretty close for my…",{"value":93,"source":78,"evidence":94},"Interesting way to frame the question and sanity check splits",[95,99,103],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"2683231","invalidOrTaken","I think it's great the way the rule of 72 is great: awesome for a quick sanity check, terrible to become the sole input. I'm pretty sure that's exactly what you were going for;…",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"2683402","zngtk4","I found this a pretty interesting and useful way to look at this. One additional factor I would love to see: situations where one person is coming on a \"late\" cofounder (e.g. a…",{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"2683386","phlux","I think its perfect. It calculated what I had long thought was a fair split based on what I have done in the past. 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