[dropit_sphere]

If, as a founder, you don't have the capital to execute your vision, it falls on you to convince people that it will be profitable for them to trade real resources for as-yet-valueless equity. Developers will take equity if they think it's worth something.

I don't understand why the natural response to "can't afford good developers" is "pay them less." Maybe the company just deserves to die.

Founders' fundraising problems are...not my problem.