if there were a good way to keep people engaged, you could probably accomplish a lot through an apprenticeship/development program at a company. It isn't possi

if there were a good way to keep people engaged, you could probably accomplish a lot through an apprenticeship/development program at a company. It isn't possible for the earliest stages of a startup (unless someone's doing one job well, while learning another), but for a more stable stage of the company, hiring someone smart/willing to learn and teaching him or her what's needed to do a job well would seem like a good return. If you were in a place other than SFBA where people 1) wanted to live but 2) wouldn't easily go to other jobs locally, this could work really well.