A sliding scale was created that would award equity to people who agreed to a temporary reduction in pay. It ranged from 10 percent to 100 percent. Most of the company agreed to take a significant cut. Some employees, like Chikai, were willing to forgo their salaries entirely in exchange for more equity. Expense reports remained unpaid. Countless calls from J.R. and other various vendors were avoided. We had a plan for one more quarter and we hoped that one of those large deals with CNN or In-Q-Tel would come through. We had three more months before John would have to shut down the whole idea.
