硅之牛仔Silicon Cowboys Movie Script

Rod canion:

We walked in, looked around, picked a booth That was kind of by itself.

Unfortunately, we hadn't thought to bring anything with us, So we turned over the placemat and borrowed a pencil From the waitress, and proceeded to describe to ted papa john How we wanted it to look.

Jim harris:

What he drew was something that Was very professional looking.

We knew where the monitor would go, what the size was, How the keyboard would go in.

Rod canion:

Laid out somewhat like an osborne But with much smoother lines, plastic molded case, Keyboard just like an ibm pc.

As I saw that sketch coming together on the paper, There was an excitement.

We're going to make this work.

I didn't know how yet, but it was headed that way.

This is something we can get funding for.

Alec berg:

Post mark zuckerberg inventing facebook In high school, there is this different path which Is oh, if I study this stuff and I learn computers, I can move to palo alto when I graduate college, And there's just money raining from the sky.

Announcer:

Uber growth at uber. Reuters has learned that the ride sharing service see Its global bookings more than tripling this year To nearly $11 billion dollars.

Announcer:

A picture is worth a thousand words, And for instagram, a billion dollars.

Announcer:

Snapchat, the barely three-year-old company, Raised almost half a billion dollars in investment funding.

Roger mcnamee:

There's just so much venture capital.

Back then, there wasn't that much.

Alec berg:

If you wanted to start a computer company, There was literally nobody.

You had to go get a bank loan, you had to have collateral.

Chris cantwell:

If you weren't walking in, In a suit-- a nice suit, and a tie, And you had this education, and you had this background, And this many decades of experience, Nobody wanted to even listen to you.

Ben rosen:

We received an introduction to meet Rod, bill, and jim in houston.

Their business plan had a sketch of the portable computer On the back of a placemat from the house of pies.

And they showed for first year sales of $30 million.

Now, that was absurd.

You're taking a chance on somebody from a big company Starting a new company.

It's whether it's a gut feeling or something About the discussion you have with them That you feel is going to help differentiate Them from other people.

Roger mcnamee:

Rod obviously had some skills, But he had clear weaknesses.