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Lol, think from the founder / teams perspectives. Giving 80% ownership would be insane. How could you build a company like that? It’s not so simple.
by hooo 4y ago
Lol, think from the founder / teams perspectives. Giving 80% ownership would be insane. How could you build a company like that? It’s not so simple.
- unicornmama 4y agoThe sort of people who would accept those terms are not the sort of people you want to build a startup.
- ignoramous 4y agoThose are called Spin-Ins. Now abandoned, Cisco once pioneered this model: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8348900 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8348900 The closest Google had to it was Area 120, which has also been abandoned?
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoIsn't this what incubators do now?
- fakedang 4y agoThe value add by most incubators and accelerators is minimal, compared to what a large parent company can provide though.