FounderPool: A community for founders to share risk and diversify their equity
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Re: FounderPool: A community for founders to share risk and diversify their equity
#2I have questions buzzing through my head.
How does this work?
If it's this good, why aren't VC's already doing this amongst portfolio founders?
How do you catch companies founded at the same time with close valuations to do "shared pools" equitably given all parameters?
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#3Doesn't this de-incentivize founders since they're giving up their most valuable asset, their equity?
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#4How do you overcome the adverse selection problem? ie. only founders who know their startups are duds want to diversify their holdings?
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#5Is this going to be a single pool, or will founders be organized into rounds?
What sort of support are founders expected to provide to other founders in the pool?
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#6I think this has the potential to be successful if done correctly. What's your business model, are you charging or taking a cut of the equity yourselves
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#7Is this going to be a single pool, or will founders be organized into rounds? What sort of support are founders expected to provide to other founders in the pool?
Good question, it will be multiple pools of close knit founder communities.
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#8How do you overcome the adverse selection problem? ie. only founders who know their startups are duds want to diversify their holdings?
Great point. We think founders/builders make the best investors. They can sniff out failure. Selection is done through peer ranking by the applicants themselves. Top make it in.
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#9Seems super interesting! Will follow progress!
Re: FounderPool: A community for founders to share risk and diversify their equity
#10Good timing. as a founder I could use something like this more than ever