> Their plan is to grow until they dock with the Deathstar.
If that was their plan, then I would think that $3B would be enough for them to drop anchor.
As a zero-revenue company, I would only deny that payday if either:
1) I believed that my company had the potential to be its own Deathstar.
2) I disliked the company that made the offer so much that I had nightmares about them owning my company.
3) I cared more about my company than the money.
4) he lost control and the board won't let him sell. Founder surely wants to sell. Unfortunately snapchat took $800M vc money, and his new VC bosses have completely different incentives to go for a long tail outcome. Which sucks because the founder is probably a lot more likely to get nothing than he is to get a huge exit and he knows it. Though as wengsing says he probably got a bunch of cash in prior rounds so maybe he doesn't really care.
If that was their plan, then I would think that $3B would be enough for them to drop anchor.
As a zero-revenue company, I would only deny that payday if either:
1) I believed that my company had the potential to be its own Deathstar. 2) I disliked the company that made the offer so much that I had nightmares about them owning my company. 3) I cared more about my company than the money.