Hell yes. This is akin to offering an 'internship' without paying. Internships should be paid. They should pay Social Security tax as well. Not paying founders

Hell yes. This is akin to offering an 'internship' without paying. Internships should be paid. They should pay Social Security tax as well. Not paying founders is just a tactic to burn them out and push them out. It doesn't have to be market rate, but it has to be more than half of market rate. BTW, while we're on this, if you're interviewing someone and it's going to last 3 hours, feed them lunch.