"Mark:
You might not know who I am yet, I'm the founder of SGI and a cooking seat on the board.
As you might already know, as recent news reports have indicated, I am about to leave SGI.
I've found my new direction, and you may have guessed it already.
Yes, it's Explorer, now known as Netscape.
If you're interested in joining, I welcome a detailed discussion with you."
After Clark sent out this email, he hurried to search for the candidates he had in mind.
He roughly knew where to look—the talent he wanted was right there in Silicon Valley.
Incidentally, Clark was about to resign from SGI, having had enough of the very Silicon Valley star company that brought him both glory and shame.
He had little presence left at SGI, where any board member's stock options outnumbered his.
Although nominally a cooking seat on the board, only Clark himself knew that he was actually nothing.
