Your goodfellas analogy is pretty close to perfect (and I know quite a few paulis myself, hell, I'm a Pauli). That being said, the author's suggestion of a vast

Your goodfellas analogy is pretty close to perfect (and I know quite a few paulis myself, hell, I'm a Pauli). That being said, the author's suggestion of a vastly larger amount of equity with the right founders in place might convince me. But .25? Even 3? Fuck that, pay me.