How so? Investors put money into a company. Company uses money to pay workers. Everyone goes home happy. We're already there, only newbies and people who don'

How so? Investors put money into a company. Company uses money to pay workers. Everyone goes home happy. We're already there, only newbies and people who don't know any better are taking a discount on market salary for options. The bulk of the people I know who work at startups are demanding - and getting - market salaries, and the options are of negligible importance.