<i>If your company fails, your equity is worth $0 no matter how much you have. If your company is the next Google, then you&#x27;re all going to be so rich it won&#x27;t matter.</i><p>You sound like a VC.  While some investors might not care about any exit smaller than Google, let me assure you that there are plenty of companies which are worth more than $0 but less than $23B; if a company is acquired for $5M, there&#x27;s a big difference between owning 5% and owning 50%.