In summary, people with the ideal skill set required for this job do not work for free. You are better off raising money and paying the market rate for these sk

In summary, people with the ideal skill set required for this job do not work for free. You are better off raising money and paying the market rate for these skills. "But my idea is great! I'm sure an engineer will understand and work for equity" The problem is that Angels/VCs have a lower bar for seed investment than the engineer. So if you can't get seed investment, it is a bad signal.