In the mid-90s, General Magic was one of the coolest companies in the Silicon Valley. Goldman Sachs led its public offering based on the team, vision, and fairy dust companies like Apple and Sony sprinkled on it.
It was ahead of its time, but the people involved went on to invent the iPhone, Android, eBay, Nest—and to fill key positions in the tech industry's most influential companies. 20 years later, a few talented filmmakers produced a film about it that was rated as one of Tribeca's top 10 films this year.
Here's the trailer. It played last weekend in San Jose to a sold-out audience of 1,100. This Friday it plays again at the Computer History Museum.
Hopefully, some of the people involved will join this panel and I'll have some fascinating questions for them.