But I see this as a blessing - to be able to see where things are going is a good thing, not a bad one. Anyway, about a year after meeting Marc, I was in Chicago speaking at a Macintosh user's group and had an evening to kill. I looked Marc up and went over to his small Chicago office, located on the first floor of the small house he shared with his wife, Devorah . At this meeting, I learned that Marc isn't a bullshitter. He showed me an early version of his VideoWorks software, which eventually was renamed Director, and now is the industry standard for multimedia development.
Cute characters roam around the stage, opening doors, making wonderful sounds.
That demo blew my mind just like my first demo of a spreadsheet program. Over the years, Marc and I got to know each other better. He struggled with the company thing. They moved from Chicago to San Francisco. I introduced him to John Doerr and Nat Goldhaber, and pitched them on investing in Marc's company.