Yeah. Let's not forget that being boostrapped doesn't prevent the company from issuing options or RSU's. Although not quite the same thing, ESOPs are nothing to

Yeah. Let's not forget that being boostrapped doesn't prevent the company from issuing options or RSU's. Although not quite the same thing, ESOPs are nothing to sneeze at either. I got a "free" $100k in retirement money from a former employer who used an ESOP to buy out the aging founders.