But I also saw that it is quite easy to game. On the other hand, so are real equity discussions.
Curious to hear what experienced entrepreneurs think about this tool, and the estimates it gives.
I've been talking to two developers about joining a bootstrapped startup I've been working on... I'm full-time, MVP is 80% of the way, and its in a space where I have domain expertise, industry connections, and fundraising contacts.
Anyway, long story short, it was spot on with respect to the split between me and 1 technical co-founder, but sort of missed fact that there's diminishing return for adding a second somewhat overlapping person.
Also, it doesn't handle the case where different people are working in different proportions (some full-time, some heavy part-time, some light part-time). Would be useful to have the ability to create a timeline to reflect how many hours per week people will be working and when they would go full-time. If you really wanted to go nuts, you could add in some modeling to account for people who may work way below their market value, and how long that would go on for.
Good effort, overall.