He sees this as a curse, because people don't understand, they think he's bullshitting, and they never do what he wants them to do. Anyway, about a year after meeting Marc, I was in Chicago speaking at a Macintosh user's group, and had an evening to kill. 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 multimedia development platform. Cute characters roam around the stage, opening doors, making wonderful sounds.
Music punctuates the presentation, the characters dance.
That demo blew my mind just like my first demo of a spreadsheet did. He struggled with the company thing. They moved from Chicago to San Francisco. I introduced him to John Doerr and Nat Goldhaber, pitched them on investing in Marc's company, and they did. They hired CEOs, but for the most part, Marc and Devorah ran the parts of MacroMind that worked.