

Weeks before, an executive at the remember-everything service Evernote had contacted him out of the blue with an offer to acquire Read It Later, now known as Pocket, which Weiner began building in 2007. As Sam Sparro's "Black and Gold" played over the car speakers, he went through the slide deck in his head once again. Weiner - he pronounces it "WINE-er," and yes, junior high was a rough time for him - made a mixtape for the occasion, something to boost his confidence before he sat down at his first negotiating table. The day before he turned 27, Nate Weiner drove from San Francisco to Mountain View for the most important meeting of his life.
