why would you defer compensation? getting vc funding is the time to pay yourself your fantasy salary. most very-early people i know at startups now are paying t

why would you defer compensation? getting vc funding is the time to pay yourself your fantasy salary. most very-early people i know at startups now are paying themselves minimum $150k AND UP. you can get the funding to do that if you have a non-bullshit idea. if your funders put you on poverty wages, its time to read the tea-leaves...they are assuming you will fail