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Podcast: Investor Connect Podcast
Episode: Startup Funding Espresso – Startup Equity Basics
Description: Startup Equity Basics Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Equity is an ownership stake in a company represented by shares. The three stakeholders are the founders, the employees, and the investors. Founders start with all the equity and then create and give shares to investors and employees in return for funding and labor. This additional equity reduces the value of the founder's shares which is called dilution. The value of a share of stock is the total value of the company divided by the total number...