Yeah, it was a (I believe related) talk of his at MIT that really got me thinking seriously about rejecting the big cubicle farms and doing a startup... before

Yeah, it was a (I believe related) talk of his at MIT that really got me thinking seriously about rejecting the big cubicle farms and doing a startup... before that, it was just an unrealistic-seeming dream. I'm still amazed by the effect he had with one speech, but it was just what I needed to hear.