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There's a cost to everything. One of those costs is hiring someone (or some company) to do testing -- something that's especially hard in mobile since it's not
by danielodio 14y ago
There's a cost to everything. One of those costs is hiring someone (or some company) to do testing -- something that's especially hard in mobile since it's not a mature technology.
Giving away options is just another way to pay that cost. For a small company with few employees, the ROI is pretty huge.
I'm not saying it's right or wrong, just that it's an innovative solution to a tough problem that works well within the constraints that a very young company has.
- lutusp 14y ago> There's a cost to everything. My point is that when employees realize that strangers are being given options, it diminishes their value in attracting and holding onto employees. It undermines the loyalty factor, the incentive to be an employee.
- danielodio 14y agoBut that's my point exactly. There are no other employees at this stage. Or if there are, it's a co-founder or other high-equity employee. The whole reason to do this is to keep from having to hire an employee (yet) to handle this function.