I wish this comment were further towards the top. Our system is clearly set up to pump the rewards for innovation into the pockets of founders, executives, and investors, but not so much inventors and builders. I don't think it naturally has to be that way.
What if people got nontrivial amounts of stock for their inventions, instead of the couple grand or pat on the back most companies dole out? Would that help reinvigorate the hard tech industry, which is losing people [1] to creating the next Instagram-meets-Yelp-but-for-kittens?
What if people got nontrivial amounts of stock for their inventions, instead of the couple grand or pat on the back most companies dole out? Would that help reinvigorate the hard tech industry, which is losing people [1] to creating the next Instagram-meets-Yelp-but-for-kittens?
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/magazine/silicon-valleys-y...