This is a really good argument for why startups should build the initial product with only the founding team, and hire only once you have more demand than you c

This is a really good argument for why startups should build the initial product with only the founding team, and hire only once you have more demand than you can possibly handle. You get mission-alignment from your technical team (because they only get paid if they ship and customers appear), and then finding and retaining engineers is a lot easier once you're clearly a rocket-ship, their stock options double in value every 6 months, and they become a manager after 6 months in the company.