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Two generations of entrepreneurship, Andy Kertzig and Sandy Kertzig. Sandy is a dear friend of mine.

Sandy is a role model and a mentor for entrepreneurs and particularly for women entrepreneurs.

He is a Stanford grad. She started a company called Ask Computer, which she took public. She was

the first woman to take a technology company public. She then enjoyed an illustrious career

and decided to retire and somewhere got bitten with the entrepreneurial bug again and decided

that she just had to get back in the game. So she's back in the game with her company, Ken Andy,

which I'm going to talk more about one moment.

Her son Andy is another entrepreneur,

bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, has done many ventures,

and his current company, a really super exciting company called Just Answer.

And we're going to learn about both of these companies, and we're going to be able to watch Sandy and Andy in action.

Clearly, we announced six months ago at Moscone Center

before 45,000 people, which is a far cry from the time

that we, when I started Ask and we announced our product,

and I think it was years before anybody really could care less about ask.

What I thought I'd do today for about 10 minutes is compare and contrast some of my experiences

as a first-time entrepreneur and starting Ask, and now as a second-time entrepreneur in starting Canandy,

and I think you get a flavor for what Canandy's all about.

First of all, I've been given strict instructions

for my sons not to embarrass them or the family.

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