J

Jackson, Thomas Penfield, 189

Jermoluk, Tom, 39, 63, 96, 112, 245, 253

Juliet (sailboat), 73, 78, 79, 265–266

K

kamikaze investors, 220

Karlgaard, Rich, 84

Katz, Roberta, 200

Kitchen Computer, 60

Kittler, Fred, 52

Klein, Joel, 187

Kleiner Perkins, 71, 246, 253

Knight Ridder, 59

Kolluri, Kittu, 55, 65, 108–111, 246

Kovacs, Greg, 122

Kramlich, Dick, 42, 68, 149, 246

relationship with Clark, 71, 72, 92, 93, 97, 99

L

Landscape, 250

Leap of Faith, 261

Levin, Gerald, 64, 65–66

Liroff, Stuart, 116–117, 118, 241–242, 246

Long, Mike, 148–149, 242–243, 245, 253

Lucas, George, 38

Lucas, Robert, 14

M

Magic Diamond, 89, 117, 160

Mayfield Fund, 40, 41, 42, 246

McCaw, Craig, 15

McClure, Hazel, 261

McCracken, Ed

management of Silicon Graphics, 49, 52, 63, 65, 76

personality, 43–44, 48

relationship with Clark, 48–49, 50, 51, 61, 64, 66–67, 73

Meeker, Mary, 171

Merrill Lynch, 248–249

Microsoft, 63, 71, 119

as Clark's nemesis, 50, 58, 88, 93, 167–168, 185–186, 188, 244–245

and new new things, 186

Microsoft antitrust trial

Barksdale and, 190, 192–198, 200

Clark's e-mail message, 196–197

Clark's role in initiating, 184–185, 187

Microsoft's defense, 195, 197

MIT, 39

money butlers, 250

Moore's law, 50–51

Morgan Stanley, 159, 167

Mosaic, 69

Mosaic Communications, 70

movies, Geometry Engine and, 38

Mueller, Glenn

Clark, relationship with, 47, 67, 73

investor in Silicon Graphics, 40, 41, 42, 50

suicide, 72–73

wealth, 246

myCFO

business model, 254–255

cartel for the very rich, 251–252

Clark's ambitions for, 252, 254, 256

partners, 252–253, 256

N

Najeeb, Motasim, 114

Netdex, 245

Netscape

AOL's purchase of, 234

Clark's involvement in, 87–88

Clark's stake in, 12, 72–73, 75

equity in, division of, 74–75

founding, 69–70, 72

Hyperion, relationship to, 79, 199

importance, xv, 23, 75

initial public offering, 73–74, 79, 92, 94

market share, decline in, 188

Microsoft as nemesis, 88, 93, 184–186, 188

Mosaic, 69

Mosaic Communications, 70

Silicon Graphics, effect on, 75–76

as technical accomplishment, 110

Netscape Time (Clark), 27

New Enterprise Associates, 42, 68, 149, 246

New Growth Theory, 13–14, 40

new new things

Clark's, 32–33, 60–61, 69–70, 89–90, 250–251

computer games as, 51

defined, xvii

Europeans' cluelessness about, 169

Microsoft and, 186

New York Institute of Technology, 30

Nigam, Pavan, 55, 64, 65, 102, 106–107, 111, 113–114, 246

Clark, relationship with, 56, 64, 103

Healthscape, 106–107, 111, 113–114

Kolluri, 55, 102–103, 111

Silicon Graphics, 55, 63–65

wealth, 246

Nintendo, 51

No Use Calling Home to Mom, 133–134

O

Oracle, 63, 71

Organization Man (Whyte), 35–37

P

PARC. See Xerox PARC

Perry, Mark, 96–97

Plainview (Texas), 28, 260

Powell, Tim, 128, 246

Princeton University, 21

Prior, Allan, 5, 133–135, 138, 219, 221, 246, 265

Psihoyos, Louie, 203

Q

Quattrone, Frank, 199

Qube, 59

R

Reback, Gary, 184, 187

recipes for wealth creation, 14, 23, 40

Reinhoff, Hugh, 94–95, 98, 99

Rhodes, Rocky, 49–50, 246

The Road Ahead (Gates), 186

Romer, Paul, New Growth Theory, 13–14, 249

Rosen, Dan, 184

Rubinfeld, Dan, 187

Rutter, Nancy, 53

S

Sanders, Jerry, 84

Saxenian, AnnaLee, 106

SCADA (Superior Control and Data Acquisition), 226

Schjerning, D'Anne, 28

Schnell, David, 98–99, 100, 144, 146

Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 64

Seascape, 124

Serious American Executive, 43, 147, 148, 175, 177, 194, 198, 199

Shockley, William, 22

Silicon Graphics, Inc.

attractiveness to engineers, 38, 39

Clark's departure, 66–67

Clark's loss of control, 42–43, 47–48

corporate culture, 42, 44, 46–47, 48

dissension in, 49–50

equity in, 39–41

Microsoft as nemesis, 50, 58

Netscape, effect on, 75–76

psychological testing at, 44–46

success, 47, 50

telecomputer project, 64–65

threat from PCs, 50–52

Silicon Valley

attractiveness to engineers, 38

Clark's relationship to, xviii

Doerr on, 13

environmentalists in, 16

evolution as economic powerhouse, 21–23

goats, chasing in airplanes in, 25

Hollywood compared to, 121–122

investment bankers in, 158, 160

newness of, 17

role in 1990s wealth creation, 13

Sand Hill Road, real estate values, 23–24

Slusky, Alex, 68–69, 71, 72, 94

software business, ideas in, 121

Sonsini, Larry, 199

Spielberg, Steven, 38

Srinivasan, Shankar, 114, 115

Stanford University, 17, 21, 32, 38, 49

Steffans, John, 248

stock market (U.S.)

Clark's values and, 121, 166–167

crash (July 22, 1998), 167–168

Graham and Dodd investors, 165, 220, 255

kamikaze investors, 220

Sun Microsystems, 23, 63, 71

Sutherland, Ivan, 30

Swiss bankers, 157, 160