I think the endgame of SV is to become more like Hollywood. Not that that&#x27;s necessarily a bad thing.<p>Typical startup raises a $500k seed round and is two founders + 2 senior engineers building the v1. If founders want Google-caliber people, they can&#x27;t afford to pay $200k; the cash just isn&#x27;t there.<p>So companies will have to start giving out real chunks of equity (5% or more) to early key hires. And &quot;who you are&quot; will matter even more than it does now (e.g. look what having Spielberg or another A-list director does to a movie&#x27;s prospects, they can get the good actors, etc.)<p>I just don&#x27;t see any other way this plays out. SV will become more like Hollywood.