Ya in the last company I founded I would go without paychecks to let my co-founder pay himself when we were running out of money/struggling to collect payment.

Ya in the last company I founded I would go without paychecks to let my co-founder pay himself when we were running out of money/struggling to collect payment. It's a lot more about the needs of the people to be able to get through the initial phases than it is about 'equality and fairness'