Facebook, Napster, and Kiteboarding

[Danimal8199]

From Wikipedia about the founder of Napster:

In 2004, Parker began informally advising the creators of Facebook, and became its first president receiving 7% of Facebook's stock when the company became incorporated later that year.[8] He was forced to leave Facebook after being arrested for suspicion of cocaine possession.[4] Parker had signed the rental agreement on the beach-front vacation house during a kite boarding trip to North Carolina where the drugs had been discovered by police arriving at a party with a search warrant following three nights of parties. Prosecutors did not charge him because of lack of evidence. Facebook's biggest investor Jim Breyer of Accel Partners pushed for the ouster.[9]

Whaat, thats crazy. I recently saw "The Social Network" and it was pretty interesting to see the beginnings of Facebook (although I'm pretty sure it wasn't completely accurate). I would have never though Sean Parker was in NC on a kitesurfing trip. I figured he was partying it up on the West Coast. Interesting.

[Russky]

I work with this kind of people every day...
He is a genius in his own field...gotta admit that, but this kind just doesn't have kiting spirit in his soul.

At most you would see him as a "cash cow" for some instructor in Hatteras for a week or so...

[japott]

There's some interesting articles about kiting and people in Silicon Valley, venture capitalists, etc .

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...578673208.html

http://blogs.forbes.com/face-to-face...-the-new-golf/