[tonystubblebine]

Probably worth noting that Blogger went on to become one of the top ten most trafficked web sites on the Internet. So I'm sure he considered that part of what he meant by win.

Also, this idea of small amount now or large amount later doesn't quite make sense. My understanding is that Google didn't pay that much for it (as measured by Google's stock price at the time). A lot of times when a founder says they have a small offer they mean "returns 10% of the investors money and employees half of the team at 80% of what they could make if they just went out an got jobs on their own. So as I read between the lines, that small offer was probably easy to walk away from under any conditions.

[Sk1pp]

The interview was very short, numbers would have definitely helped. I agree there could definitely be a circumstance where it could possibly be better for the employees to leave.