MindField by D S Kane

Author:D S Kane [Kane, D S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: spy, Hacker, venture capital, mercenary, Covert, Washington, assassin, Stanford University
ISBN: 9780986232152
Publisher: The Swiftshadow Group, Inc.
Published: 2017-12-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Stanford University library, Palo Alto, CA

September 24, 2:16 p.m.

Sitting in a carrel in the Stanford library, Cassandra Sashakovich touched her chin with her left hand as she scanned the list of “pretenders.” She had closed deals with eight of ten. One remained unsigned, and there was the one that Jon failed to close. She drew her notebook computer from her briefcase and sipped coffee while she waited for Arthur Creeg, CEO of Underwire Software to appear for their second and final meeting. While she waited, she tried to meditate.

Time passed while she considered her role and what attitude would best suit her for this last startup CEO. Creeg was the oldest of the startup cofounders, and had completed two advanced degrees. One of his master’s was in computer science and the other was in business administration. Cassie had earned her MBA at Stanford in finance, but that was twelve years ago. Creeg had been involved in two prior startups, one as the chief tech officer and the other as the head of IP operations. Both had failed. He’d been looking for a seed investor for two months. The business plan he had sent Cassie was for an artificial intelligence product that a business could use to run a factory. She noted that the software could easily be modified to produce any product, including weapons.

She wasn’t sure how much time had passed when her phone buzzed in her suit pocket. She looked at its screen. Creeg was at the library’s front door and so, now it was time for them to meet. She examined her reflection in the glass of the nearby window. Her navy blue suit and white shirt were wrinkle free. The bow tie she had donned needed straightening and she attended to it before heading from the carrel to the lobby of the library. She had no picture of Creeg, but the single person waiting in the lobby had to be him. He was at least six inches taller than Cassie, and would be staring down at her. This was one advantage she would have to counter for this meeting to yield the results she hoped for. She modified her attitude for the meeting. I’ll have him sit with the sun in his eyes and my face in shade.

“Mr. Creeg?”

“Ah, yes. You must be Ms. Sashakovich.”

“Let’s find a place to sit where we can discuss my offer and its terms.” She led him to the back of the library, away from the tables and the carrels. Adjacent to the entrance to the cafeteria was a formal meeting room with a conference table and rolling chairs. The room was dark but she opened the window shades and shut the door to diminish the outside noise of students hurrying to and from their classes. She left the room’s lights off, then pointed to a chair facing the windows, directly across the table from where she sat with her back to the windows. “I have reviewed your business plan. I also read the bios of your cofounders.

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