The organizations the life ran through. Each institution hub aggregates its people, episodes and sources — and each is a community the cascade is aimed at.
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In one September, every thread this record cares about ran through one account: how relationships become revenue, why computation must travel to the…
Open →Realizing the Grand VisionIn late Fall 2000, Consilient held a committed $15 million preferred financing at a $135 million pre-money valuation — $150 million post, the…
Open →Three rounds, a silver bullet, and the end of Hare's tenure
Open →OrganizationA $10m lead investment in crowdsourced solutions — in 2001
Open →PersonVP of Marketing & Software Alliances at Consilient; negotiated the BP safety-incident deal in London, September 2000. Her…
Open →PersonGroup CIO without an IT background: North Sea driller, president of the Baku operation, hilarious, and the best guide to BP a…
Open →PersonThe geologist in line for the top job, met privately at Browne's request — and the safety application they worked on together…
Open →PersonThe oil CEO who was actually an environmentalist: Beyond Petroleum, the fuel-strike week, and a vision Wall Street refused to fund
Open →Organization$15m preferred at $135m pre-money, firmed in late Fall 2000, from discussions begun on the BP trip. What happened to it is an…
Open →Every episode above distills from these. Where a page and its source differ, the source governs.
“Sandra Smith was a VP at Consilient and worked very closely with me on the BP Account. She was with me in London in…”
Open →In his own words · S-064 · 2026-08-17“VP, Marketing & Software Alliances — Consilient · Full-time — May 2000 - Oct 2001 · Berkeley, CA. The Consilient…”
Open →In his own words · S-065 · 2026-08-17“I forgot to add the point I was going to make about the dinner in London - Sandra steadfastly ignored my hand signals…”
Open →In his own words · S-067 · 2026-08-17“I checked, and according to the records, uh, the the official cost to BP was sixty five billion dollars pretax, uh, but…”
Open →In his own words · S-069 · 2026-08-17“Can you add the context of how I had secured a committed term sheet offer of a $15m Preferred Equity Financing at a…”
Open →In his own words · S-023 · 2026-08-13“They were separate rounds. I passed on the $15m SG round at $150m valuation. Oak Hill offered $5m convertible note at a…”
Open →In his own words · S-073 · 2026-08-18“My memory is that the SG termsheet was $15m at a $135m pre-money valuation and (therefore) a $150m post-money…”
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