Maybe it's late, but I thought he answered your Q1 and Q2.

sosuke · on June 2, 2015

It is late, I can't think super clear either, but I just read that he says money should not be the focus, but doesn't address why that is an issue.

As to why big dev corps are better he didn't give any reasons for his belief, no examples. Person y makes $1 million a year at company x, but they aquihired their startup to get there. If I started at big dev corp as a senior developer and made $100k, what path does it take to get $600k, which company offers those incentives? I really just want some more detail.

caminante · on June 2, 2015

For Q1, he said that money shouldn't be the ONLY focus.

For Q2, I "think" he's saying that CorpDev > StartupDev in terms of expected wealth creation. In your example, you don't appear to be accounting for the volatility of your future CF's of $1M (StartupDev) and $100K (CorpDev) figures. Startups are risky bets compared to stable increases with CorpDev.