Huh? So now handcuffs with no gold? This is much worse for start up employees - as grants each year allow for even more dilution, management hand wringing, and

Huh? So now handcuffs with no gold? This is much worse for start up employees - as grants each year allow for even more dilution, management hand wringing, and changed expectations. Do founders stock get magically taken away when they suck at being a CEO? When deadlines are missed? Generally they just get moved to the board. The commitment you receive from your employees is HUGE. They show up 40+ hours a week, and bet their entire family and time on your company. Stop acting like somehow paying them even 0.1% as well as your founder is somehow a "bad marriage". If they're pulling down the team, fire them. If you're afraid they're making too much money and may quit / retire - why are you in capitalism at all? Ownership is supposed to provide benefits. The brazen attitude towards those that actually build your ivory tower is incredible.