Had to post this article,such a delight,I think that is why so many young guys are getting experience and capital then going it alone:
http://www.truthdig.com/...wont_stop_a_depression/
By the way,I think the peanuts issue's etymology can be derived from the idiom;
If you pay peanuts,you get monkeys.
something that you say which means that only stupid people will work for you if you do not pay very much 'This company is full of incompetents!' 'Well,if you pay peanuts,you get monkeys.'