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A growing company with investors happy to throw away large amounts of money for years in case they end up with a unicorn doesn't need to be profitable. A growi
by Silhouette 5y ago
A growing company with investors happy to throw away large amounts of money for years in case they end up with a unicorn doesn't need to be profitable.
A growing company that was bootstrapped and is trying to make something actually worth selling in order to fund further growth is an entirely different situation.
- ec109685 5y agoIt’s a free market, so if the bootstrap company can find engineers that meet their compensation parameters, good for them. Other option is provide equity to your engineers to help make up for compensation gaps.
- Silhouette 5y agoThere are plenty of other options. One that can work well if you have a relatively small organisation and every person really counts is to set up a profit-sharing scheme. That gives everyone a personal stake in the success of the business and it can work out well for everyone without the complexity and uncertainty of any scheme based on equity or options.