If they have the money to hire a full-time employee, how will it be different than having a tech-co-founder do the job ?
(Its cheaper equity wise)
In other words, what can a co-founder do that an employee cant ?
In other words, what can a co-founder do that an employee cant ?
Many of the innovations that'll ultimately make you stand out from the crowd are very, very difficult to implement. If the difference between implementing that and implementing the same 80/20 solution as everyone else is, say, getting a $150k/year salary instead of a $100K/year salary, they're not going to bother. If the difference is cashing out with $20M vs. ending up with nothing, they will bother.