D Own Your Venture Equity Simulator

Structuring relationships within the startup, calculating equity distribution, establishing valuation—these are among the most difficult steps in the evolution of every startup, and even minor mistakes can cause the startup to disintegrate. OwnYourVenture (http://www.ownyourventure.com) is a free equity simulator that you can use to simulate any number of “what if” scenarios involving the amount of investment, type and nature of investment, and resulting control. I recommend every startup work with OwnYourVenture to better understand the process.

The main benefit of OwnYourVenture is that it lets founders quickly understand how accepting different amounts of money in different ways will impact the ownership ...

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