I agree that leaving the core technical decisions to folks that don't have skin in the game is dangerous. I really like the idea of bartering services. I've don

I agree that leaving the core technical decisions to folks that don't have skin in the game is dangerous. I really like the idea of bartering services. I've done that quite a bit in the past (not for coding but for marketing/graphics/other stuff) and it's an option I think most startups don't explore enough.