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Re:The Pooled-Risk Company Management Company by pchristensen on Wednesday July 23, 2008 @04:10PM (#254704)
I evaluate being able to "walk away" as having the kind of FU money pg says founders get from an acquisition.

By my math, pg made between $10-$30 million. I don't know what his cut of the $50 million was, but Stan Reiss (?) from Startup School 2005 said the Yahoo stock value went up from $50mil to $750 mil, so whatever pg kept in Yahoo stock went up by 15x. We don't know how much Yahoo he kept post-crash, but I'd peg him still over $5mil, maybe up to $30mil if he's Mark Cuban savvy. I don't think the 37s guys have accumulated that much, but I'd bet they have more than any YC alum (so far - we'll look again when YC is 5 years old).

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Re:The Pooled-Risk Company Management Company by run4yourlives on Wednesday July 23, 2008 @04:57PM (#254761)
Ah, I had a different view of "walk away" then. I was thinking more of a "hit by a bus" analogy.

Using your definition, I don't think walking away is something anyone on that team is interested in doing. They're already living in their "walk away" phase.

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