How about <i>not</i> hiring people. Just get a bunch of guys/girls together that know their stuff, save for a bit until you know you all have enough to last for at least several months, pool your resources.<p>No employees. None. Wait for a year or so before you start thinking of salaries, until then it is just profit sharing, no base.<p>That way you'll all have your eyes on the 8 ball, all the time. A salary does weird stuff to people. It makes them feel entitled, somehow divorced from the company. If all you get is your share of the pie <i>if</i> the company makes money then it probably will.