Maybe I'm misreading what Patrick is saying here but personally, if I believed that the equity part of an offer was worth near zero, then I'd ensure that the ca

Maybe I'm misreading what Patrick is saying here but personally, if I believed that the equity part of an offer was worth near zero, then I'd ensure that the cash part of an offer met my needs and aspirations for the medium term. Perhaps there is an argument that by being so focused on the cash part of an offer I probably left equity on the table, if the IPO lottery ticket came in perhaps I would find myself regretting that.