[arasmussen]

> 7% is a large amount of equity to give up for the money they're giving you

The value you get out of YC isn't really the money.

7% is a lot.

[wantreprenr007]

It's at least 3.5x as good as the best advisor. Better to have 93% of something worth 10MM+ than 100% of 100k.

[arasmussen]

> Better to have 93% of something worth 10MM+ than 100% of 100k.

You're making an assumption that with YC your company would be worth $10m+ and without, $100k. That assumption isn't really valid to me.