 Why would a company with stellar employees pay salaries?
aristus: Risk has to be proportionate to authority and reward. Responsibility without authority is a recipe for disaster -- any overworked assistant or salesperson can tell you that.So... the greater the risk you ask other people to take, the more reward and authority you must give them. At the extreme you are talking about ("they would receive zero income.") the "employees" would basically be cofounders.