You should be giving out a lot of equity to your employees.
One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care.
For early employees you want people that have somewhat of a risk-taking attitude.
Most investors are obsessed with the market size today and they don't think about how the market is going to evolve.
You should be able to describe any employee as an animal at what they do.