sweat equity
Toil for ownership
Sweat equity is ownership or value earned through labor rather than money.
Someone who helps build a house instead of paying for it acquires sweat equity.
Startup founders often work for little salary, accepting sweat equity—shares in the company—as compensation: She put in two years of sweat equity before the company was worth anything.
Risky new undertaking
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- bootstrapStart without external resources
- seed stageInitial startup funding phase
- co-founderJoint venture originator
angel investor · funding · MVP · pitch deck · incubator · accelerator · garage startup · side hustle
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- grindCrush into particles
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
diligence · hard work · drudgery · struggle · exertion · tenacity · work ethic · dedication
Sharpened post or share
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- vestingGaining full ownership
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- co-founderJoint venture originator
stock options · majority stake · dilution · valuation · percentage · co-ownership · restricted stock
With goods, not money
- deferred paymentBuying before paying
- profit sharingDistributing earnings to workers
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
venture
Risky new undertaking
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- bootstrapStart without external resources
- seed stageInitial startup funding phase
co-founder · angel investor · funding · MVP · pitch deck · incubator · accelerator · garage startup · side hustle · moonlighting
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
perseverance · diligence · hard work · drudgery · struggle · exertion · tenacity · work ethic · dedication · persistence
stake
Sharpened post or share
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- vestingGaining full ownership
- partnershipShared business arrangement
co-founder · stock options · majority stake · dilution · valuation · percentage · co-ownership · restricted stock
in-kind
With goods, not money
- deferred paymentBuying before paying
- profit sharingDistributing earnings to workers
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- entrepreneurshipentrepreneur, startup, founder, co-founder, cofounder
- blue collarhard hat, blue collar, blue-collar jobs, factory work, manual labor
- equitycommon stock, preferred stock, retained earnings, treasury stock, outstanding shares
- bootstrappingself-funded, self-funding, startup funding, solopreneur, organic growth
- manual laborfarming, lifting, carrying, shoveling, loading
sweat equityfinancial capital
Assets for generating wealth
seed money · capital investment · venture capital · angel investment · liquid assets
sweat equitywindfall
Unanticipated lucky gain
easy money · effortless · free · passive income · gift
sweat, equity, sweating, equitable, sweats, perspiration, sweated, inequitable, equitably