Entrepreneur. Founder of Kabam $700MM valuation,raised $125MM. Builder. Harmonizer. Loves product, especially product design. First female game maker in the company. Designed products with over 100MM users, grossing over $250MM in revenue. Ran HR for over 750 employees. Now, Chief of Mischief and Antics, looking to be promoted to Chief of Mayhem.
It seems like you are cash-strapped. Option 1 - you can do is give equity instead of cash. Option 2 - you can give experience and no cash. Both of these options will be slower than compensating cash. And, you will have to think about a marketing strategy once you get your MVP done.