Show HN: Startup Equity Adventure Game

iiliabara about 3 hours ago 5 commentsRead Article on options-game-polymathrobotics.pythonanywhere.com

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I put this together (with Claude) as a semi-gamified way for folks to learn about startup equity. Take a look, and share your scorecard :)

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mikert89•about 3 hours ago

Quick equation:

1. is it an ai lab with a well know founder -> equity might be worth something

2. are you the CEO founder? -> equity might be worth something

3. are you a non CEO co founder? -> equity might be worth something, will probably be stolen from you

4. is the company a year or two from a certain IPO? equity might be worth something

5. all other cases likely zero

tailscaler2026•about 1 hour ago

It doesn't understand authorized vs issued shares

jiveturkey•about 1 hour ago

so many erroneous statements in this game. also it's not much of a "game", is it.

jagged-chisel•about 2 hours ago

Yeah, that’s not how my company operates. I’m maintaining my majority share by splitting only. The VCs can go along, or they can hope their next investment is the unicorn.

withinboredom•about 2 hours ago

Yeah, also seems very US-centric with "outstanding shares". Other countries don't allow you to have outstanding shares. Also, where is the "reinvest" option during series rounds. Like, what founder also doesn't reinvest to keep their equity during fund raising?