> How do you hire your first employee as a solo founder With money. If you can pay market rates, you don't need to give any equity. Without revenue, profit, t

> How do you hire your first employee as a solo founder With money. If you can pay market rates, you don't need to give any equity. Without revenue, profit, traction, something ... your equity is valueless, so it's not a good way to hire anyone. If I want to work for valueless equity, I'll work on my own idea.