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192 Amram’s initial $250,000 investment also went to Hull According to Richardson and Amram.

192 Napster’s junior holders included According to capitalization tables.

193 Fanning found an ally in Amram According to Amram.

193 The prospectus for the IPO The ValiCert prospectus is available online from the SEC’s EDGAR service.

194 ValiCert angel investor and entrepreneur Gary Kremen This much of the story told by Kremen is confirmed by Amram.

194 Fanning and Richardson argued often The wording of the exchanges was Richardson’s recollection. Amram didn’t disagree with them.

195 he argued with Richardson and went behind her back repeatedly Bales himself gave numerous examples.

196 Yet Bales went ahead anyway This was from Parker, Bales, and Richardson.

197 Bales called New York investor Jason Grosfeld According to Grosfeld; Richardson and Bales didn’t dispute the story.

200 he begged Richardson not to fire him According to Richardson and other Napster staffers.

200 Bales was spreading a rumor Bales admitted this.

200 The engineers told their boss, Kessler, that they would quit According to all three.

201 Kessler, in turn, took the threat seriously enough This was according to Kessler. Bales said people were unduly alarmed.

203 one director who had invested This was according to Bales. DeVito spokesman Stan Rosenfield confirmed the initial meeting and said nothing happened afterward with his client. Avnet didn’t respond to an interview request passed through his agent.

205 Alsop wrote in Fortune The November 13, 2000, issue. The column is posted at http://www.fortune.com/indext.jhtml?channel=print__article.jhtml&doc_id=00000191.

205 The company spent $1.6 million According to an internal income statement.

206 Doerr gave Richardson a hug Details of this meeting were from Richardson; Mackenzie declined to be interviewed.

207 According to Turner’s e-mails This was what Turner said the e-mails contained after she reviewed them.

207 Richardson returned from a meeting with Turner This account was given by Richardson and Turner, confirmed by Amram, and supported by Richardson’s e-mails and draft documents laying out the merger terms.

208 In a tense and sometimes circular two-hour conference call The call was described by Richardson and Amram.

211 “If Hummer Winblad doesn’t invest” Conway and Parker told the same story.

212 John Hummer, and another VC at the San Francisco firm drove to see Richardson These meetings were laid out by Richardson in her deposition.

214 The charity auction was emceed by comedian Dana Carvey The perceptions of

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