So we were obviously short of people, and I called the people I knew and tried to talk them into coming to Memorex. I knew the owner very, very well, and of course, I knew all the patrons. This was within a week or two or three weeks after I joined Memorex. I went there at five o'clock to have a beer and shoot pool and talk to all my friends that were still at IBM and tell them what a great opportunity there was at Memorex. That was only part of the recruiting effort, I also knew a lot of people and I called them at home.
Personal relationships are the whole deal.
Here we're sitting in the biggest industry in the world now, and yet, out here it feels like there's not all that many people calling the shots. I think personal relationships, number one, are important. But also it's the perception that people have of you. So it's not just personal contacts, but it's also a reputation that you want to gain. There's obviously a lot of venture capital money out there if you're in high-tech.