Can&#x27;t +1 this enough. When I left that company back then, they compensated me with 5k for my equity, which would have been worth 50k and potentially much much more at an exit. However mad I was about it back then, it cleared up my mind by being an end to something and let me focus on something new. Just 2 years later, I&#x27;m cofounder of something great and that former company is falling apart. My 5k might have been the only equity being paid out from that company ever and it paid the bed I&#x27;m sleeping on every day. Take the high road and the long view.