Goodbye Arizona

Jim farli at deru.com
Thu Sep 29 10:34:07 MST 2005


Weren't you one of the early members of PLUG, Jay?

On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 04:01, Jay Jacobson wrote:
> Greetings. I would like to take a moment to email some friends and share some 
> exciting news. To get straight to the point, I am leaving Arizona: 
> 
> -------------
> The time has come for me to move on. I gotta go. There, I said it. I have 
> been living in the Phoenix-metro area for almost ten years. During that 
> time, I have had great successes, tragic failures, and a multitude of 
> experiences in between. This story recounts my part in the invention of the 
> first portable MP3 player, starting and growing several companies, raising 
> the largest seed-round venture capital investment in the state's history, 
> building communities, and creating some pretty damn awesome technologies - 
> all right here, in the Phoenix, Arizona valley.
> -------------
> 
> Rather than telling the same story a thoudand times over, I took a little 
> time to document my reasoning for leaving the Arizona technology world and to 
> take an inventory of my professional experiences over the past decade. The 
> above paragraph is an excerpt. If you are interested in reading the entire 
> open letter / story, you can find it at:
> 
>   http://www.kinetic.org/goodbye-arizona.txt
> 
> My sincerest best wishes to everyone! Until later,
> 
> --
> ~Jay
> 
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