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I've got a lunch at

Kleiner Perkins at noon.

Fantastic.

I just got off the phone

with the guy there.

And he said,

"we really like your idea.

"We know everybody in the valley.

"We just want to talk

about the idea.

"We'll help you

shape the idea as well.

If we're able to do this,

we can move extremely fast".

It's startin' to pay off for us, man.

I want you to know

that I have probably...

Probably five or six people coming

in for tech interviews tomorrow.

So, it's like an unbelieve...

I've already cancelled

a couple things for tomorrow.

It's an unbelievable schedule.

- Thanks, gentlemen.

- Bye.

Okay.

These guys are freaking out.

It's f***ing awesome.

Now we're actually

doing something

Outside the office of Kleiner.

Oh, my god!

It's beautiful out here.

Anyway, it's really nice.

It's really nice, so...

The last point I was

going to make for you is that, um,

"Works" has a very specific

meaning in the software world.

It refers to a very lightweight,

low-End product.

The guy basically gave us

very candid advice.

Does not like working

with government.

Felt like we have to be

on the west coast

To run an internet business.

Was, uh...

Said we were passe...

because we went in

with documents

Instead of a computer

presentation.

Said that we were, uh, two to

three years behind the times.

That we didn't have anybody

with start-Up experience.

He didn't like

the sapient relationship.

Didn't like the idea

of limitation experience.

He was just there

to tear us apart.

He said the east coast sucks.

He said if you have a business

on the east coast,

You're gonna spend

all your time here anyway.

Sounded as if he did it

out of the goodness of his heart.

This guy doesn't get it.

End of story.

Or we can switch...

No, we've got to switch at

west fourth and get this one.

Seven hundred billion,

I would guess.

It's one of the

larger funds in the country.

If you need recognition,

I've got it.

I'm not sure you and I have met.

I'm tom Herman. - Tom, Dave Hexler.

- I've got three cards. Who wants one?

- I'd love one.

Thank you.

We're not, um,

replacing government.

To answer your question,

three years from now...

we want to be a place

that facilitates...

government processes

that make economic sense to us,

And the place you think of

three years from now...

The first place you think of

to deal with red tape locally.

You think, like,

"There's got to be some

application on Govworks. Com".

I'm very interested

in the building space.

People will come in to

town hall and say,

"We can't find the building plans".

There's an obvious solution:

We get a digital camera,

set something up in the vault.

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