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It's equally likely that the startup would spend the $50 million with nothing to show for it.

I'm really struggling with Poe's Law with this comment.

What's more likely is that the founders and investors would take the payout, and the workers would get nothing.

And I extremely doubt the ability of a startup to do any kind of worthwhile count of people outside of major metropolitan areas.

"We counted the Bay Area and NYC, that's enough, right?"