And when he says "are you paying yourself" it's usually for a company that is making a good profit already or the investor offers them a salary based on THeIR investment. You don't say "hey investor, give me $25 million and I'm going to pay myself and all members $2 million a year."
The investor TELLS you! " since you need my money, here the terms and this is what your salary will be"
I give you my money I will tell you how you are going to manage it, and it surely won't be in the form of employee compensation before we even post a positive return.
How is that hard to understand? some of you just need some good ole fashioned business skills.
As always, the above post is "Just My Opinion!" Do your own DD! ;-)