I can guarantee you that had no relevance, ... We operate as an independent company. We have not called on them (Nana) for any such support, and they have not offered any.

For that company, that's a home run. Celebrities are very discerning. If they like a product, it translates to the public as trend-setting. Buzz starts building around that type of interaction.

You take those three data points together and you start to put together a picture of a company that's performing very well, ... We're not seeing the slowdown at Autonomy that other companies are facing.

I can laugh about it, but it's been very hard. One collection company was getting ready to put a lien on my house, but I was able to get that stopped. It's been a real battle.

I'm a big believer in size, ... When you're a smaller company, as we were 27 years ago when I started, you don't necessarily have the resources to invest in things outside your immediate expertise. But as we've gotten bigger and become more resource-rich we've been able to expand.

China is a huge market, and as a soon-to-be-public company, Google could not afford to sit on the sidelines as competitors charge into the region.