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Google Part II: Alphabet (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 2:28:12 David Rosenthal That went to go start General Magic.
- ▶ 2:28:15 David Rosenthal General Magic, of course, legendary failed startup in Silicon Valley in the early nineties.
- ▶ 2:28:27 David Rosenthal After General Magic, after it falls apart, he starts Danger.
Benchmark Part I · Acquired
- ▶ 1:12:33 David Rosenthal General magic.
- ▶ 1:12:41 David Rosenthal We should do an episode on General Magic and maybe find some of the original people.
- ▶ 1:12:57 Ben Gilbert In retrospect, it actually makes sense that Pierre would go to General Magic, given his background in pen computing.
- ▶ 1:13:05 David Rosenthal So while he's working at General Magic, famously, in his free time,
- ▶ 1:14:11 Ben Gilbert He was still a full-time employee at General Magic when creating eBay.
- ▶ 1:16:14 David Rosenthal I don't need the money, but having experience from ink and then also from general magic, he knows that VCs and a professional board can really help the company.
Amazon Web Services · Acquired
- ▶ 31:07 David Rosenthal At General Magic.
- ▶ 31:42 Ben Gilbert General Magic was a pioneer in so many ways.