Show HN: Startup Equity Adventure Game
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 :)
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 :)
Discussion Highlights (7 comments)
mikert89
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
jagged-chisel
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.
tailscaler2026
It doesn't understand authorized vs issued shares
jiveturkey
so many erroneous statements in this game. also it's not much of a "game", is it.
opengrass
Thank you for python anywhere, I will add that to my chasm of free hosters.
jmward01
SaaSyCryptoAI - Leverage our custom AI driven backend to mint your own coin! Seriously though, great little lesson. It would be nice to factor in internal raises and a bit of granularity for when exercises happened to see final payouts and similar bonus topics but I would recommend this to anyone thinking about taking a job with options involved.
nerdsniper
Add the effects of "preferred overhang" on employee payouts for various different exit outcomes like acquisitions. Usually only founders and investors with "preferred shares" see anything and those with common stock (employees) see theirs get completely eaten by the overhang.