The Most Important Company You’ve Never Heard Of

The gist

1. The guest says General Magic, founded by three former Apple employees, went public on just an idea in Silicon Valley's first so-called concept IPO.
2. According to the guest, unlimited money and talent removed any need to choose, and about three quarters of former employees couldn't figure out what not to do.
3. Engineer Steve Perlman's calendar grew from 1904 to 2096 into a Big Bang-to-future version, taking months instead of four lines of code.
4. The guest says the stock doubled on day one and was worthless 2 years later, but alumni went on to build LinkedIn, eBay, Nest, Android, and iPhone.
5. The guest says Tony Fadell had the Nest team prototype the packaging before the product, so anything that didn't fit the box wasn't a priority.