http://www.business-sale.com/blog Business Sale Report Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:20:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.business-sale.com/blog/business-valuation/1950/business-founder-share-dilution-over-time http://www.business-sale.com/blog/business-valuation/1950/business-founder-share-dilution-over-time#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:49:33 +0000 Chris St Cartmail http://www.business-sale.com/blog/?p=1950 GRP Partners, that shows just how much a founder's shares in a business can dilute over time following a series of capital raising initiatives. Of course your share of the company is going to shrink if you sell off chunks of capital. Many start-ups couldn't get off the ground without having to raise money at the…

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