Big Fractal Tangle: the deal with don: "Ten years ago today, I signed away 51% of my second software company, Gravity Systems Inc, to a businessman with an incredibly deep gravely voice named Don Van Natta.
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Aside from my plasma trips, I made cash developing a custom estimation package for Don's mechanical contracting company. My plan was to make and market "Vienna Estimator" to plumbers, electricians, and HVAC shops, then use those profits to fund my Gravity & Colony dreams. That was mistake #1, resulting in me spending three years writing plumbing software instead of riding the wave like the Netscapes of the world."
# Apr 9, 2004