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Re:Stripe Capital by davidpolberger on Thursday September 05, 2019 @04:35PM (#20890427)
I created a version with sliders, making it easier to experiment:

https://connect.calcapp.net/?app=atzggn

Also, you don't have to duplicate the spreadsheet to make it editable, you can just use it straight away.

(Disclaimer: I created it with Calcapp, which is a SaaS product I built.)

Re:Stripe Capital by softawre on Friday September 06, 2019 @10:41AM (#20896049)
Cool experiment.

I don't agree with how you say that 10% is the Quoted Interest Rate, because Stripe isn't doing that. They are saying they have a fixed fee. "Interest rate" means it compounds.

Re:Stripe Capital by davidpolberger on Friday September 06, 2019 @01:22PM (#20897614)
If the HN hive mind can agree on better terminology, I'd be happy to update the calculator.
Re:Stripe Capital by dbkahn on Monday September 09, 2019 @04:40PM (#20922241)
I would say something like "Loan fee as a percent of amount lent" or (if you wanted to keep it consistent) "Fixed fee as a percent of Principal"
Re:Stripe Capital by BukhariH on Friday September 06, 2019 @04:59AM (#20894119)
That’s a super neat app for excel a junky - bookmarked!
Re:Stripe Capital by davidpolberger on Friday September 06, 2019 @06:51AM (#20894529)
Glad you like it. If you or anyone else need a calculator to share on Hacker News, let me know and I'll make sure it can be launched an unlimited number of times for free. (Otherwise, you'll quickly bump into the limits of our free plan.)
Re:Stripe Capital by robocat on Thursday September 05, 2019 @07:24PM (#20891545)
Perhaps add a <noscript> tag to your calculator - otherwise it is just a blank page with JavaScript disabled!
Re:Stripe Capital by davidpolberger on Thursday September 05, 2019 @07:49PM (#20891680)
There is actually a <noscript> element, but it isn't showing because the CSS opacity of the <body> element is set to 0. That's a fairly recent change which inadvertently broke the <noscript> text. We'll need to look into what we can do to fix it.