Paying partly in equity seems nice, but it seems even less sustainable In a company that were not growing, it would indeed be unsustainable to pay in equity (u

Paying partly in equity seems nice, but it seems even less sustainable In a company that were not growing, it would indeed be unsustainable to pay in equity (unless the value fo the equity were continuously shrinking. But why would a startup company not be growing (valuation rising)? Unless it is a failure, isn't it normally growing?