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by TAForObvReasons 2207 days ago
> By raising money ... You can now pay your employees a salary

This author possibly lost "contact with the earth". Especially early on, most people will not join and work for free (or on the sole promise of equity down the road). Not all startups are simple CRUD apps, many require significant R&D or marketing investment upfront.

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Do not dismiss any product CRUD app or not so lightly .

Building and selling any product ,getting an user base is very difficult. Attracting people to work in your product is even more challenging as it is not cool. Getting all of them working as an organization is no less difficult just because tech does not involve fancy R&D