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board of directors of the wisdom of investing in PV. Their initial
reaction was something like, “you have to be nuts,” and turned him
down twice at two separate board meetings. But he is not one to
be easily thwarted, and put together a massive presentation for the
next board meeting. He gave a truly inspired and impassioned two-
hour speech about the importance of solar, and the role that existing
chip companies can play in making it happen. He presented it as the
logical extension of what silicon manufacturers should do next. At
the end there was hardly a dry eye in the house. The board said, “TJ,
if you want your solar company ...