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Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by brianr »

brent wrote: post #20
aston wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know. That'd give a post-money valuation of $51k, though, giving you a little less than 2% of the company in the end.

If I pay $1 for 20% of your stock, I'm saying your company is worth $5. I now have 20% worth $1. You have 80% worth $4.

Suppose my company is worth $5 right now. If you give my company $1, it is now worth $6. ($5 assets before + $1 cash). $1 / $6 = 1/6th of the company; you have 1/6th and I have 5/6ths. If you pay $1 for 20% of the stock, that implies a $4 pre-money valuation--after adding the $1, the company is worth $5, so your share is worth 20% and mine is 80%.

Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by mattmaroon »

mhb wrote: post #10
[deleted] wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I'm referring to the last bit of his post. I assumed I didn't understand something about the arithmetic.

It implies 49k premoney. Person who put 1k in would then own 1/50th of the resulting shares.

Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by aston »

brent wrote: post #20
aston wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know. That'd give a post-money valuation of $51k, though, giving you a little less than 2% of the company in the end.

If I pay $1 for 20% of your stock, I'm saying your company is worth $5. I now have 20% worth $1. You have 80% worth $4.

The downmods are misplaced. You're absolutely right mathwise here, you're just missing a heretofore unspoken detail.

The assumption is that in an angel or VC round you'll create new shares for the investor to own. If there were no new shares, pre-money valuation would always equal post-money valuation (you're just selling shares) and all of your explanation would be fine.

Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by nostrademons »

TheTarquin wrote: post #23

//My first Maroon program Make me a "Hello, World!" program, written in Maroon.

My first Maroon program:

"Make me a compiler for Maroon."

My second Maroon program:

"Make me a time machine to send the first Maroon program back to February 2008."

See? Nothing to it.

Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by jcl »

technoguyrob wrote: post #19
bkrausz wrote: post #15

I already have a language like that, but instead of just text it takes in text and money and turns it into code. It's also pretty slow for a language, taking up to several months depending on the complexity of the problem.

Here's my algorithm: 1. Parse the program input with a lexical analyzer that: i. Loops through each character. ii. Appends it to a buffer. 2. Submit the lexed program to eLance with a 7-week bid. i. If someone with at least one project completed bids on it, continue. ii. If no one responds by the 7th day, return an error: "Syntax error in program. Please recode." 3. Accept the bid. 4. while(!checkIfIndianSentComplete…

Nice. I notice that unlike most algorithms I've read, this one requires a credit card number as an input. :)
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