but the technology business is incredibly cierchg, and it's hard to catch every wave.he bigger you are, the more challenging it is. bigger companies don't move quite as fast as smaller companies. so part of the separation is about being more nimble and focused on two entirely different markets so h.p. cannot miss the trends and, in fact, can invent the trends. >> rose: so now you come along. >> mm-hmm. >> rose: how did they get you to do this? because you had had a remarkable career. >> yep. >> rose: you'd even made a venture into politics which you said was a great learning experience even though you lost. >> mm-hmm. >> rose: you learned how to communicate, the demands to have the modern world in terms of what we expect in the public eye whether c.e.o. or a becoming governor of california. you became c.e.o. >> i lost the governor's race in the fall of 2010. i was trying to decide what i was going to do. i was working on our family foundation and sort of searching for the next thing. it's very difficult when you lose these elections. answer aside, we should be grateful