well, "easy" answer #1 is what I've been doing, which is to say, keeping all the equity to myself. I was just thinking that I know of funded companies that pay

well, "easy" answer #1 is what I've been doing, which is to say, keeping all the equity to myself. I was just thinking that I know of funded companies that pay market salaries that have been going for years (and many rounds of funding) without turning a profit. Each new round of funding dilutes the previous investors. I was thinking it might be possible to simulate the same thing when the "investors" (and that's what you are when you work for equity) are investing labour rather than cash.