The $10M belongs to Google in the show (they use different names for companies/people, but the parallels are obvious.) You may also be "bound" to Google for som

The $10M belongs to Google in the show (they use different names for companies/people, but the parallels are obvious.) You may also be "bound" to Google for some indeterminate amount of time, as an employee. What does it mean that the $10M belongs to Google? What's the point of the poll if you don't actually receive the $10M? Getting $10M in exchange for being a Google employee for four years is such a good deal that it's hard to imagine how turning it down wouldn't be a mistake. You're not rich until you exit, and achieving an exit is much harder than getting a high valuation. Remember, pg sold Viaweb for roughly $10M (his share), and it took him about four years to do it.