The Wally and Denis’s unease about the funding round by Venrock was partly accurate and partly inaccurate. The whole investor strategy, devised by JP and Alexander, was very clever and got Neoforma in the end what it needed, a VC investment. But on the other hand, one can also see that Alexander and JP’s business strategies differ from Jack, Wally and Denis’s and this is led then to a small conflict between the investors. The duo, Alexander and JP, organized the deal and made sure Neoforma was venture capitalist funded, but at the same time they start to gain more control in the company itself. A prominent example of the expanded control is Alexander strong engagement in the decision making process. Jack, Wally and Denis’s influence started
