Hey there - incidentally, I'm the one that requested the piece. Totally respect you keeping the post where it is - especially if your reasoning is for personal brand benefits.
If your intention is to maximize its visibility, then we think we can help. Our publishers see 4-10x increased readership on their pieces once they move it from a small or no publication to Startup Grind, and without tooting our own horn too much, the brand does hold credibility with founders/investors, though admittedly less so with developers than, say, FreeCodeCamp, which is awesome too.
You won't lose our on your Google rankings as Medium is very good about giving canonical URL denomination as your piece moves around the site, and they also prevent links from breaking with elegant redirects.
When it comes to money, the standard on Medium has thus far been a free exchange: writers focus on creating great content, publications focus on promoting it. You benefit is sharing your idea, our benefit is folks seeing our brand supporting great ideas like yours. You can trust we're not making ad money on the piece, if that's a concern, and we don't plan on editing the content.
Anyway, if this is something you have more questions on, I'll track this thread, but if not, you've still got a reader & fan here!