birdinhand

To everyone who replied here, thank you for giving me some food for thought! I'm going to take the cash, and invest it in a properly diversified way for my future retirement. I'll add some risk to my "portfolio" but in a different way by investing my time in a venture of my own.

That makes perfect sense to me. I've been thinking if I take the money I'll hedge taking the safe road by also taking my own shot at a startup which would at once be much more fulfilling and potentially more lucrative. At the least I won't screw myself over - which is more than I can say for any other company.