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...remaining heads--of the corporation, Elvy and Langerman, are proud of the fact that, unlike most companies, they did not need venture capital to incorporate. Instead, they used the profits from the partnership to finance their corporation...
...Langerman and Elvy have also done several jobs for the federal government and are currently waiting to hear the results of a bid they submitted to the IRS: "We figured it was about time that we got back some of the money we've given them," Langerman jokes...
...addition to the three directors, MARBLE has three officers, all of whom work for and are stockholders in the corporation, as well as several other workers who are hired as business requires. But Elvy and Langerman plan to keep the firm relatively small--and flexible. "We don't take too well to a structured job." Langerman says, citing his experience at Microsoft and Elvy's at IBM--where Elvy says he was forced to wear "IBM grey" every day, until one day he rebelled and wore plaid pants. "We work a heck of a lot better by ourselves," Langerman adds...
They claim they're "normal, red-blooded Americans," and that their business has not interfered with their schoolwork: "I wouldn't have done any anyway," Langerman claims. Elvy chimes in: "It was a choice between the real world and school. I've chosen the real world." In reality, it has convinced Elvy and Langerman to change their majors from Philosophy and Applied Math, respectively, to Computer Science...
...them in the long term? Elvy takes the lead is admitting he wants to settle down eventually with the "white picket fence and dozens of kids, I want to write a book someday. I'll call it Hick from Harvard,' Hick from tobacco farm tobacco to Harvard, makes good," Langerman reacts with horror. "That's him, I don't have long-term goals. I'm 21. I figure I've got 30 years ahead expect to live to be 100. I can't predict what will happen...