Equating sales and sales commissions as the same across different fields is dangerous. Even across different companies. For example, the traditional relations

Equating sales and sales commissions as the same across different fields is dangerous. Even across different companies. For example, the traditional relationship is between the companies and the sales person representing that company. This is because the relationship is, in reality, between two individuals. This happens all the time in the startup world, we just don't call it commissions.