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The Tom Perkins $10mm X-Prize

By Tom Perkins

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After many weeks of intense preparation that culminated in my 60 Minutes interview broadcast last night, I am back to my blog. I have received a ton of reader emails to this website ranging from admiration to requests for jobs and money.

For instance:

To: tom-perkins@newsgroper.com
Date: November 4, 2007 9:47:18 PM EST
Subject: Invention Idea

I am emailing due to an invention idea I have. I would really appreciate an opportunity to share my idea with you. I hope you can have the time to give me a chance with this lifetime opportunity. I don’t want to see my idea go with out being known, tried, and possibly brought into existance. I look forward and hope to have a chance in hearing from you.Thank you,Natasha

In response to this demand, I am officially starting the $10 million “How Friggin’ Sweet is Tom Perkins?” X-Prize. This prize will be awarded to the business plan or job request that best strokes my ego and sings the highest praises in my name. Entrants to the contest may email me, post comments on this blog, create independent web sites, shoe box dioramas, or whatever you like–let your imagination run wild. Remember, sending me sob stories about how down and out your family is will get you nowhere, but a doctored photo of me raising the American flag on Iwo Jima could earn you $10 million to spend however you like!

PS- I’ve purchased more carbon fiber than anyone outside the US Military. Half of the carbon fiber I purchased went into making the masts of the Maltese Falcon. Wanna know where the other half went? Check out my hair in the interview.

11/5/2007 7:17 PM, San Francisco
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Gavin Willacy:

I do hope you find the following information a bit of some interest.
I am currently in the process of obtaining a status of patent pending for my creation. I am interested in revolutionizing the common laser. Via a unique lense that would vary its use to a finite precision on a variety of scales. Measurement to me seems to be the foundation in scientific studies. Therefore, refining polarized light waves to provide a more accurate way of measuring will be of high importance to any futher developments in technology.
I would like to hear of your response to this. Currently the opportunities are great for development from my point of view.

thank you
Gavin

11/9/2007 10:31 PM
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Art Burtis:

Mr. Perkins, I briefly met you 11/14/08 at book signing, Commonwealth Club. Good talk provided on your book. I've now read Valley Boy. Great writing, spectacular life. Congratulations! My heart bleeds for you for your loss of Gerd. At your talk and in your book your never ending love for Gerd shines brighter than a laser. I too adore my wife, Linda. I can't imagine the pain of your loss. While you signed my book I introduced myself and handed you a green envelope containing a three page introductory communiqué on UniversalTornado Wind-Power Electric Generators (UTG). As an entrepreneur, my life has been a self funded, successful inventor and businessman. Some of my inventions: Power-2-Sail; Single mast, hydraulic apparatus for pleasure boat power-craft retrofit (will be great at today's fuel prices). Water-Flow-Stabilizers; Water pressure configured self activating below water-line stabilizers, no moving parts - sort of (similar to thin, inverted air foils). Fuel-Temp-Activator; Warms gasoline to near ignition point just before fuel enters combustion chamber. Increases ignition quality and resulting per cylinder power thrust (again, great at today's fuel prices and with no moving parts). EZ Build Masonry System Tools; Complete, revolutionary and greatly simplified tool line that enables millions of do-it-yourself homeowners to quickly and satisfactorily install masonry and tile materials (virtually no moving parts). See Video of introductory tool package in action at EZBUILD on youtube, or at www. ezbuildmasonry.com. Over twenty (20) additional EZ Build tools are soon coming to market. Great success in retail stores. Moving onto nationwide TV spot-ad "call to action" Direct-Sales campaign in 2008. EZ Build's website will be completely modified to interact with Direct-Sale TV ads. Well... Back to UTGs! Plain and simple: I NEED your assistance. UTGs are too big for me to self-fund. UTGs power design has been undergoing development in my R&D brain for over 40 years. UTG will globally impact the creation of multi megawatt cleanly produced electricity, as well as provide the "profitable" removal of thousands of tons of CO2 and other contents from ambient air. I respectfully request that you read the UTG introduction document I handed you at the Commonwealth Club. I also request that you allow me opportunity to personally present my UTG creation to you and your partners, several of whom I've contacted and am waiting reply. If you need added info on UTG, please contact me, I will provide. I look forward to hearing from you and know that your inventive mind will go over-the-top when you see what I've configured in UTGs that create an enormous power source using UTG's ongoing, high mph tornado-like winds. Your sails for capturing wind on The Maltese Falcon are extraordinary. Interior design of UTG's for creating tornadoes and utilizing their power is like nothing you've ever seen - you can bank on that!. Art Burtis, CEO UniversalTornado Win-Power Electric Generators / P.O. Box 1 / San Geronimo, CA 94963 / Ph 415.488.4044 / Fax 415.488.4044 / email grtmastr@pacbell.net.

11/17/2007 3:34 PM
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Julia:

Mr Perkins. I am no one famous. I was fascinated by your interview on 60 minutes and I would very much like to meet you. I am a Black Female. Not looking for anything from you but conversation. You are truly one the most interesting people I have had the pleasure of seeing on television. Thank you for your time. And continue what you do and how you do it.

6/1/2008 8:08 PM
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Noella:

I watched your interview on 60 Minutes and was quite fascinated. When Leslie made a comment that you like to spend money it made me chuckled. I thought you a great investor. Wish I had just a tid bit of your money but I'm getting too old at 71 and still working.
Thanks.
Noella

6/1/2008 8:36 PM
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Blackinvestor:

Tom, is the "X-Prize" still in effect? These are old posts, and it's now June 1 2008.....Just wanna know if you gave away my 10 mil yet?

6/1/2008 10:25 PM
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Blackinvestor:

Tom, is the "X-Prize" still in effect? These are old posts, and it's now May 1 2008.....Just wanna know if you gave away my 10 mil yet?

6/1/2008 10:25 PM
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Tim Bailes:

Mr. Perkins,
I too was intrigued by your 60 minute interview last night. You were saying something about selling the Falcon and converting a Navy Mine Sweeper to carry your new sports. I was wondering, why use a mine sweeper vis a SWATH ship. I operated Navatek 1 in Honolulu Hawaii for five years. If you like to talk about this then please contact me.

6/3/2008 4:50 AM
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A. ASONGWED:

MAN, IT APPEARS TOM PERKINS IS ENJOYING HIS LIFE EVEN THOUGH HE IS OOZING WITH ALL THAT MONEY---BUT THEN AGAIN MONEY IS JUST PAPER TILL WE RUN OUT OF IT--NOTE TO TOM PERKINS---THOUGH IT WONT HAPPEN, HEC I WILL ASK---AFFORD ME 5 MILLION DOLLARS AND FILM HOW IT AFFECTS MY LIFE----IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE BORING BECAUSE I WILL MAKE SOMETHING OF IT----- AND THAT'S MY WORD AND A CHALLENGE!! STAY BLESSED!!!

7/1/2008 8:02 PM
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Dick Cheney:

Tough luck, deadbeats. He gave the money to me, months ago. My brilliant idea was to threaten him with waterboarding and a faceful of buckshot until he caved.

The money will be well spent. It will go toward bringing those secret camps in the Mojave Desert up to code, so that when McCain is elected, they'll be all ready to receive the influx of terrorists, traitors and Libtards we should have got around to imprisoning last election year. Choke on that, asswipes.

7/1/2008 10:09 PM
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