Subject: Fwd: Next Stop: Eudora Global
From: "Jeffrey Cooper" <[email-masked]>
To: "Biden Hunter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:29:16 -0600

FYI. See below.  Larry Laplan is joining Eudora as CEO on Jan 1. 
It's big news for us. Larry is currently the CEO of Navteq, a global mapping company who have been acquired by Nokia. He is a great guy and you should get to know him. I will call to discuss this week. 
Jeff

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> From: "Kaplan, Larry" <[email-masked]>
> Date: December 11, 2011 5:00:29 PM CST
> To: Jeffrey Cooper <[email-masked]>, Randy Delkus <[email-masked]>, David Rosen <[email-masked]>, Greg Mefford <[email-masked]>, Jeff Stein <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Larry Washow <[email-masked]>
> Subject: Next Stop: Eudora Global
> 
> Dear Eudora Team,
>  
> You have probably heard by now that I will be your new partner starting January 9.   Getting to know you over the past couple months has been a terrific experience.  The connection I have felt to you as individuals and in the context of your focus on, and aspirations for, Eudora is the foundational reason for my desire to be part of Eudora.  In Walter Isaacson’s recent book about Steve Jobs, he cites several times Jobs’ belief that “A-players want to work with other A-players.”  With Eudora, I feel I’ve found an all-A-player team.  That is very rare.
>  
> What also excites me is the entrepreneurial nature of Eudora, the diversity of the industries in which you are operating, and your emphasis on sectors that undoubtedly point to the future.  Though my goal is to bring experiences and efforts that will make Eudora even more successful, I will also have the opportunity to learn a lot of new things.  This invigorates me.  Another aspect that attracted me to Eudora is that, like NAVTEQ when I joined it sixteen years ago, Eudora is aggressively working its way towards profitability with incredibly promising prospects.  That was the most fun time for me during my tenure at NAVTEQ, and I’m confident it will be a lot of fun working together with you to build the Eudora business.
>  
> As I searched for a new business home over the past months, I looked for many of the things that I loved about NAVTEQ – great people, great business, great fun.  Eudora was the only enterprise I found that not only possesses those attributes, but I believe could surpass them. 
>  
> I want to thank all of you for putting your trust in me.  I also especially want to thank David for introducing me to Eudora and Jeff for the many discussions that allowed us to get to know each other.
>  
> Though we’re already working on some things together, I look forward to hitting the pavement officially and on a full-time basis in January. 
>  
> In the meantime I wish all of you and your families a happy and healthy holiday season and New Year.
>  
> Sincerely,
> Larry
>  
>  
> Lawrence M. Kaplan
> President & Chief Executive Officer
> NAVTEQ Corporation
> 425 W. Randolph Street
> Chicago, IL  60606
> (T) +1-312-894-7466
> (M) +1-847-612-6788
> (F) +1-312-894-8400
>  
> 
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