I imagine the problem he's addressing is what you're going to do in any instances where a member lost money and you'd like to reimburse them. In a traditional

I imagine the problem he's addressing is what you're going to do in any instances where a member lost money and you'd like to reimburse them. In a traditional company, this might cut into your profits, but might simply be the cost of doing business. In your case, if you have no profits to cut in to, how will you reimburse people if that sort of situation were to arise? I think Gittip looks really cool, and the concept of an "open company" is intriguing. I'll definitely be interested how you guys tackle these sorts of problems.