Tom Drake

What was that about? The nerd bird, because people are flying back and forth, tech lobbyists. This is when the sort of the growth of the tech bros, venture capital, Silicon Valley, venture capital got involved in all of that, right? Okay. Wow.

What was that about? The nerd bird, because people are flying back and forth, tech lobbyists. This is when the sort of the growth of the tech bros, venture capital, Silicon Valley, venture capital got involved in all of that, right? Okay. Wow.

What was that about? The nerd bird, because people are flying back and forth, tech lobbyists. This is when the sort of the growth of the tech bros, venture capital, Silicon Valley, venture capital got involved in all of that, right? Okay. Wow.

Including up to Sand Hill Road to make the case for small boutique.coms who are given a bunch of venture capital money, nondescript office, technology level playing field. They had a, you know,

Including up to Sand Hill Road to make the case for small boutique.coms who are given a bunch of venture capital money, nondescript office, technology level playing field. They had a, you know,

Including up to Sand Hill Road to make the case for small boutique.coms who are given a bunch of venture capital money, nondescript office, technology level playing field. They had a, you know,

good-looking secretary sitting up front just so anybody came to the front door but the building itself was nondescript some office complex meanwhile in the back room you know the couple of three or four or five back rooms depending how much money they got they had a bunch of code code cutters say that loosely developing the next killer app that became the phrase we got to develop the next killer app

good-looking secretary sitting up front just so anybody came to the front door but the building itself was nondescript some office complex meanwhile in the back room you know the couple of three or four or five back rooms depending how much money they got they had a bunch of code code cutters say that loosely developing the next killer app that became the phrase we got to develop the next killer app

good-looking secretary sitting up front just so anybody came to the front door but the building itself was nondescript some office complex meanwhile in the back room you know the couple of three or four or five back rooms depending how much money they got they had a bunch of code code cutters say that loosely developing the next killer app that became the phrase we got to develop the next killer app

Because people, internet had exploded. Yes. Especially with the web and browsers.

Because people, internet had exploded. Yes. Especially with the web and browsers.

Because people, internet had exploded. Yes. Especially with the web and browsers.

And it's like, how do we exploit this? How do we, we're going to make, and people were just, it was staggering amounts of money being dumped. and the conferences that I went to, this was the heyday of you would go into where they have all the companies, and they all started outdoing each other. Who had the fanciest stand and all the little things they would give away, and some got really fancy.

And it's like, how do we exploit this? How do we, we're going to make, and people were just, it was staggering amounts of money being dumped. and the conferences that I went to, this was the heyday of you would go into where they have all the companies, and they all started outdoing each other. Who had the fanciest stand and all the little things they would give away, and some got really fancy.

And it's like, how do we exploit this? How do we, we're going to make, and people were just, it was staggering amounts of money being dumped. and the conferences that I went to, this was the heyday of you would go into where they have all the companies, and they all started outdoing each other. Who had the fanciest stand and all the little things they would give away, and some got really fancy.

I mean, it was quite something. It was a world, right? It was quite a world. Dot-com bubble. Dot-com bubble. And I even almost moved to San Jose. I almost moved there. But I realized it had become a gambling environment. People were just rolling the dice. The fact is, on average, only about one out of 14 companies ever actually made it.

I mean, it was quite something. It was a world, right? It was quite a world. Dot-com bubble. Dot-com bubble. And I even almost moved to San Jose. I almost moved there. But I realized it had become a gambling environment. People were just rolling the dice. The fact is, on average, only about one out of 14 companies ever actually made it.

I mean, it was quite something. It was a world, right? It was quite a world. Dot-com bubble. Dot-com bubble. And I even almost moved to San Jose. I almost moved there. But I realized it had become a gambling environment. People were just rolling the dice. The fact is, on average, only about one out of 14 companies ever actually made it.

And then they would usually get swallowed up by some bigger company. I saw all this happen all in front of me. So I'm sitting there February of 2001. NSA was under huge pressure because they weren't solving the problem, to say it simply. Huge pressure from stakeholders and other studies like you got to do something. Maybe you need to stir up the gene pool.

And then they would usually get swallowed up by some bigger company. I saw all this happen all in front of me. So I'm sitting there February of 2001. NSA was under huge pressure because they weren't solving the problem, to say it simply. Huge pressure from stakeholders and other studies like you got to do something. Maybe you need to stir up the gene pool.