Yet Filipowski seems to inspire loyalty among the people who have worked for and with him. Most of the top executives at Divine came from Platinum, and Platinum alumni are scattered throughout the Internet start-ups Divine is incubating. He has a great sense of business and technology and strategy. He has great bandwidth and can process a huge amount of information and is a visionary. Newcomers also take to Filipow ski.
Personable people are a dime a dozen.
He has the strength to see things through. Kukkonen said that after Divine's IPO, Filipowski called a meeting of executives from companies in the incubator and reassured them about Divine's future. He said we could expect to see the value of the company double or triple over the next 12 months. Divine bought the land from Black Hawk, a real-estate firm in which Filipowski owns a 33.3 percent stake, according to Divine's prospectus. That real estate deal is one of many potential conflicts of interests that could involve Divine and its officers, directors and investors.