Regarding the exit, I would appreciate if somebody more experienced can give example how much is this for 1st employee. The sold company for $360. First employee probably got ~2% of stock options. They received $69 of investment and there was some dilution.
Worse case scenario, all rounds come with 3x participating preferred and much bigger percentage than 20%, and the options pool got inflated to accommodate more recent employees. So in this liquidity event, the VCs take 3 * 70 = 210M out first, leaving 150M on the table. 2% options might end up being .1% equity, resulting in 150K for the first employee (before tax).
The real number is somewhere between the two. From my experience, it's more likely closer to the lower end than the higher end.
http://allthingsd.com/20111001/vcs-unite-chamath-palihapitiy...
There is also some tax workaround that leaves founders much better off: usually their payout are only taxed as long term financial gains, which is a much lower bracket.
I have no inside info, but I hope the first few people will come out ahead of that.
Let's say due to liquidation preferences he only takes half of that ($2.2M). Given that he just made $2.2M and Salesforce is keeping RelateIQ as a whole subsidiary, they'll want to make sure they retain the talent. So they will probably sweeten the deal with an incentive package of 60%-80% of that(1.3M). All in all, given he stays 3-4 more years, he'll likely come out with 3.5M to 6M.