Foreword / Carl Schramm --; Preface: FBI at the door --; Blame it on DNA --; Finding a business partner (opposites attract) --; Learning to juggle (med school, business, and more) --; Building a real company --; Learning from failure --; Developing for Toshiba (camera obscura) --; Developing for Sony --; fingerprint ID --; Birth of BAPI --; IPO: it's all in the timing --; Using my Japanese connections to fight terrorism --; Last exit: Microsoft wants the whole thing --; My year of retirement --; Back in the game --; From Todai into AIST --; Starting my own company, version 2.0 --; Consulting around the world --; Teaching (United States and Japan) --; Turning 40 --; Epilogue: The perfect storm hits Japan --; Appendices: A. Famous quotes and helpful advice --; B. Creativity and logical assessment test.