I was being flippant in my use of decimals there, but that's a detail. Even if you get 0.1% and are ultimately diluted to 0.01%, a billion dollar sale is $100k

I was being flippant in my use of decimals there, but that's a detail. Even if you get 0.1% and are ultimately diluted to 0.01%, a billion dollar sale is $100k. When people sign up for below-market pay, they're not envisioning a distant eventual windfall of a year of market-rate salary.