[curun1r]

FWIW, one of the founders in the article phrased it as being "long-term greedy." I'm sure it felt good to make millionaires out of employees (having been part of an acquisition where only ~10 people out of nearly 300 became millionaires, I can only imagine the parties we would have had if the majority of the people had gotten life-changing exits), but there was definitely an awareness of the long-term benefits among the founders in question.