Adam Bell “Courted” New Position with Apple Store Visit

This sounds like what people who don’t live in California think people here do on dates:  take a stroll around the Apple retail store in Palo Alto, then have some sushi and a little conversation.

Except that this isn’t a date, it’s the meeting of two businessmen. The Wall Street Journal recounts how Peter Bell decided to court iAd chief Andy Miller away from Apple in an afternoon they spent hanging out together.

Over that fateful sushi meal, Bell told Miller the firm was expanding and Miller suggested some possible names. Bell listened. Then, driving home, it hit him.
“I talked to my partners after that and said, ‘I know we’re looking, but we already know the guy: It’s Andy,’” Bell said.

He’s the one! It seems odd to me that no one at the Journal noticed how this sounds. Or I need to take off my curmudgeon goggles and get out more.

Via WSJ

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Nicole Martinelli

Nicole Martinelli is a San Francisco freelance writer who heads up Cult of Mac Magazine, our weekly publication available on iTunes. You can find her on Twitter and Google+. If you’re doing something new, cool and Apple-related, email her.