Here’s an interesting thing:

I joined Netscreen in 2000. they were pre-ipo, per-share price was $5.00.
They were acquired by Juniper, at 1.404 shares per, reducing the ‘per-share’ price to $3.57/share.
When I left, they were at $25.67, an increase of 719%.
A year after I left, the stock was at 16.95, a decrease of 35%.

I joined Packeteer, per-share price of 11.77. I left after a year, when the price was 11.81. Not much change. A year later, however: 9.67, a decrease of 18%.

I then joined Apple, Stock price then: $57.20.

Current Price: 106.93.

I think that it’s pretty clear that I have some kind of amazing company karma. Any company who needs to have my company Karma work for them, feel free to let me know. I figure I’ve increased Apple’s market share by several hundred million dollars, so make sure you factor that into your offer.