[mleonhard]

I don't necessarily want to own 100% of my own company, but I want to own at least 51%. I think that Y-Combinator leads to individual ownership that is far less than 51%. Even the founders together will have less than 51%. Am I wrong?

[YuriNiyazov]

huh? YC usually takes 6% of the company - assuming an equal distribution with three founders at 33% initially, now everyone is at 31.333%, with a combined 94%.

[cypress-hill]

are the lot of you fourteen years old? or just that old mentally? you're sitting around talking about how you will divy up your little hypothetical companies...did you read richie rich comics as a child?

1. get an idea someone gives a shit about. 2. find someone to put money behind your idea. 3. then you can get your rocks off playing god with the stock options. without 1,2...talking about 3 is just mental masturbation

[IsaacSchlueter]

Hi, troll.

[cypress-hill]

oh i'm sorry, do you own this thread?