Acknowledgments

This book owes a great deal of thanks to the people who have inspired me in the world of emerging and disruptive technologies and to the academics, executives, and venture capitalists, some old friends and some new acquaintances, who have expressed interest and enthusiasm for this project.

In particular, I'd like to thank (in alphabetical order by company): Mark Sherman (Battery Ventures), Ann Kelly (Bowstreet), Catherine Marchand (DuPont Performance Coatings), Matthew Bowers (Incucomm), Ray Lane (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), Bill Barhydt and Sally Khudairi (KnowNow), David Dickinson (Nokia), Charles Marinello (Texas Instruments), Don Hicks (University of Texas at Dallas), and Chris O'Neill (Vortex Partners).

I'd like to thank Jim Boyd, Executive Editor at Financial Times Prentice Hall, for his interest in bringing yet another idea to fruition and for our always enjoyable conversations. I'd also like to thank Carol Moran for her great work on the production side.

Finally, I'd like to thank my wife, Michele, and my sons, Andrew and David, for their patience with me and for allowing me to take family time on evenings and weekends in order to put this book together. Without their encouragement and support, this book would not have been possible.

Readers who would like to correspond with the author can contact him at ndevans@hotmail.com.