Comment by echelon

My worry in solving an existing problem in a novel way is that the incumbents can catch up faster than you can scale.

If I were to take on Netflix/Disney/Twitch with some new kind of video entertainment product, they'd have deep pockets to fund a competing offering.

The lever of equity might work to attract better talent, but only if you succeed. There's a lot of risk.

Scaling rapidly also means giving up control as you seek capital. It'd be hard to organically grow and go unnoticed.