> but there's such a small cohort of people who...(2) are willing to take equity in the beginning without being paid... I wish there was but like I alluded to,

> but there's such a small cohort of people who...(2) are willing to take equity in the beginning without being paid... I wish there was but like I alluded to, the pool who meet those three criteria isn't big at all. Minus any external funding or being independently wealthy, there's no way to pay potential cofounders and continue to bootstrap the business (they aren't free, have operating expenses).