If you are truly netflix-to-be, you should be able to affordably incentivize your 12 key employees with equity.
An exit for Employee < 50 at a netflix-to be will be in the hundreds of millions.
An exit for Employee < 50 at a netflix-to be will be in the hundreds of millions.
Unfortunately, these things aren’t certain and are contingent on many things including those that have nothing to do with technology.
It’s unfortunate because people have a bias towards guaranteed present value (cash) over expected future value (equity) which gives incumbents a natural advantage.