I don't understand this, if they could be mining 1000TH instead of sold them as USBs, that is enough to make them dominate the network. Share price would still be 4-5, and they'd be making enough to dominate the next generation.
As it is, shareholders have received zero benefits from those sales and watched their shares drop by 1000 %
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush#Profits