Asset Slips are virtual, digital shares.
Each Asset Slip is equivalent to one real share of the real startup. It can be traded between CouchTycoons and it allows its owner to participate in votes.
For each issued Venture Poster one Asset Slip will be issued too (200 Venture Posters = 200 Asset Slips = 200 'shareholder'). It will be given to that user who submits the unique code that can be found on the Venture Poster. Thus it does not matter who purchased or owns a Venture Poster to participate in votes and to be able to trade in venture shares you must own the Asset Slip!
Asset Slips are stored on your couch and can either be traded between CouchTycoons or can be held until the startup maybe gets acquired by a real investor. In that case we buy back the Asset Slip and you get the equivalent amount in CouchChips.
An example:
The majority of CouchTycoons decides to sell the 5 % stake of the financed startup and that sale leaves a profit of 100,000 $
100,000 $ x 12 = 1,200,000 CouchChips
1,200,000 ChouchChips / 200 Asset Slips = 6,000 CouchChips per Asset Slip
For each Asset Slip a CouchTycoon holds 6,000 CouchChips will be booked to the account. CouchChips can be converted to dollar at the CouchBank at the fixed exchange rate 1:12 (1 dollar : 12 CouchChips).
If the startup crashes, you still have the really cool, handmade, limited and signed collectible, commemorating the heroic founder and his fabulous venture.