This is the typical way that a founder determines sweat equity: foregone wages.

创始人一般都是按照放弃工资来确定劳动价值的。

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Entrepreneurs often ask me how to value the sweat equity invested in their startup.

创业者经常问我如何给创建公司时投入的劳动定价。

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But over the years, I have come to realize that sweat equity isn't the same thing as market value for your startup.

但是几年后我才意识到劳动和公司市值根本不是一回事。

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His neighbor was a nice guy, a contractor who put a lot of sweat equity into the house.

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Of course that would mean that people with pure sweat equity would never get capital gains treatment.

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Abby and Bruce would be resentful that their sweat equity will result in dividends for non-participating siblings.

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