How to motivate your project staff when you have no benefits to offer them

Question

I am working as a Project Manager in a small startup. How to motivate your project staff when you have no benefits to offer them?

Answer 1

Learning is the biggest benefit of exception work, sometimes you don't get immediate benefit out of exceptional works but such work opens doors for future opportunities.

Try to convince his message to the team, they must continue great works even in the current project, they may not get good rewards. Keep a good environment, listen to them, and help to find interest in work.