It reads a bit unintentionally exploitive as well. You're essentially asking employees to put the companies growth ahead of their compensation. This passage sp

It reads a bit unintentionally exploitive as well. You're essentially asking employees to put the companies growth ahead of their compensation. This passage specifically: > For as long as possible, make the success of the company the primary motivator, rather than promo How do you simply make the success of the company the primary motivator? IMO, you either try real hard to pay/promote them based on the success of the company, which feeds into the promo culture problem, or you find people to work towards the company's success without explicit promises of rewards, maybe by alluding to potential rewards you may/may-not give them (aka maybe exploiting them). One alternative is you can find people who are satisfied with their place in life, and willing to just crank out work regularly without promises of increased rewards. IME, people like that AND skilled enough are very rare. It would be very hard to build a company of solely those people.