High-tech execs try start-up life

Hewlett-Packard's Dick Watts is the latest tech higher-up to leave his post in favor of a new business venture.

CNET News staff

Jan. 2, 2002 4:43 p.m. PT

Hewlett-Packard's vice president of corporate sales, Dick Watts, is the latest in a string of high-tech higher-ups to leave their posts in favor of running a start-up venture.

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