I think you are right that the key is to get away from the labor vs capital direction. It means ensuring that your early employees have a stake in the business

I think you are right that the key is to get away from the labor vs capital direction. It means ensuring that your early employees have a stake in the business. I would think that the stock options approach would be fairly similar. The issue is that if there is a serious labor vs capital division, the struggle is going to hurt everyone.