> If they pay someone to create it, do you think that person should take ownership in the company? What do you think the people working every day are doing? Th

> If they pay someone to create it, do you think that person should take ownership in the company? What do you think the people working every day are doing? They're literally creating the company. If they don't exist, the company stops existing, because companies are just people working. Effort in, revenue out. Divide up the profits by the amount of effort put into the business. If the founder wants to profit from their idea, they should be more worried about the equity they already have and their personal impact on its value than their annual compensation going forward. Continually getting paid for an idea you already had and were already compensated for is wild.