High-tech execs try start-up life

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.

HP's Watts to step down update Hewlett-Packard's vice president of corporate sales, Dick Watts, resigns to take a position at a young Silicon Valley company. SAP exec quits to run start-up update SAP America chief executive Paul Wahl is the latest corporate high-tech executive to resign to become more of an entrepreneur. DrugStore.com goes live--kind of update The e-commerce start-up opens its Web site--with scant information about its much-anticipated launch. PointCast founder plans new firm PointCast cofounder Chris Hassett is quietly planning a New York-based start-up that focuses on Net entertainment programming.