ABSTRACT
It is 8 a.m. and light rain is falling outside the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of Foley Hoag-a prestigious law firm located in Boston’s innovation district. One by one, people are trickling into the large conference room on the 12th floor. Coffee and a continental breakfast are laid out on the back wall, and eight large round tables are arranged around the room. At the front, alternately tapping away on his Smartphone and leaping up enthusiastically to greet newcomers, is our host. In jeans and a polo shirt, with shaggy hair and a sense of barely contained energy, he is the living stereotype of a tech entrepreneur. Distracted, casual, friendly, and clearly running in many directions, this is the man we have all paid to see.
