[sherwin]

First, this was a very well-written article -- if you only skimmed the first page, go back and read the rest! I think it describes an interesting founder (well, chairman-founder) dynamic.

Second, was anyone else slightly reminded of Steve Jobs in his earlier days? Maybe it's because I just read the Steve Jobs biography, but Chasen seems to demonstrate a lot of the same characteristics: desire for complete control over the product, strong vision, disregard for more practical matters (marketability, cost), belief that the product qualifies as art, and mild tendency to be reclusive, stubborn, or uncommunicative.