upgrades will boost either $x or $interval for items
items and upgrades are either locked or unlocked based on pre-reqs of the startup
bridge fundraising increases funding but does not increase valuation
series fundraising increases funding by $x = $valuation / 4 and increases $valuation by $x * 4
What if each purchase increases funding and funding amount in turns increases valuation?
So for example, start at $100k funding. Can hire “coders” or “interns” at $40k each. Each one increases funding by $40k, which increases valuation by $40k * 4. What’s the point of valuation then, other than a score?
Maybe instead, purchase dev which cuts from funding by $x per $interval. Should it immediately increase valuation, or should that increment same as funding? Probably same interval.
Or maybe you have to manage 2 numbers: money and valuation
start with fixed amount of money, which gets burned by the day for each purchase ($40k coder/365)
display “burn rate” and show money drawing down
each purchase also increases the valuation incrementally (devs could be 2x, or 10x for expensive devs)
can request funding and amount will be based on valuation | funding = valuation / 4 (simple)
Funding actions:
bridge:
* can be requested at any time; will not advance “series”
* is capped at a max amount lower than series (either last round / $x or valuation / 8 or something else)
series:
* will disable current series and unlock next series (series A unlocks B)
* is an inflated number calculated by current startup stats (maybe just valuation / 4)
\ maybe increases valuation by set amount… so valuation balloons by 4x immediately; e.g. valuation is $100m. funding = $25m. valuation = $200m ($valuation = $valuation + ($funding x 4))
another example: valuation is now $200m. funding = $50m. valuation is now $400m.
Need to redefine actions based on valuation increment and rate $ per X (e.g. $100/day)
Examples:
hire dev: $100 / day ($100k*2/365)
hire 10x dev: $150k*10/365 — or maybe is a multiplier for existing devs
buy venture capital contacts ($25k unlocks next series)
Moving towards a new MVP. Testing out React, Babel, JSPM, Immutable.js, possibly more. See: https://github.com/simpixelated/disruption/blob/f28f2521a90635e3c4783a9e168caf19ba594c62/src/app.spec.js
completes #7, #40
Background notes:
References: https://github.com/cjohansen/react-sweeper https://facebook.github.io/immutable-js/ https://github.com/jspm/jspm-cli/blob/master/docs/getting-started.md http://fundersandfounders.com/how-funding-works-splitting-equity/ https://ohthehugemanatee.org/blog/2015/10/01/how-i-got-el-capitain-working-with-my-developer-tools/