Various problems here. 1) They are good developers, but they are employees. They want a fixed salary, a calm life, and just to be told what to work on not have

Various problems here. 1) They are good developers, but they are employees. They want a fixed salary, a calm life, and just to be told what to work on not have to take ownership of something. Being a dev is different then being a CTO/Co-Founder. We've tried building startups internally, doesn't work out well, always last priority. 2) The developers are good, really good actually, but are they S-tier, 10x devs, no. And I strongly believe you need that.