"Indeed, the hype got Kamen in trouble. According to Kamen, half of the meeting with Jobs and Bezos was about FIRST -- though obviously not the half that made it into the proposal. By Kamen's lights, he was meeting with Jobs and Bezos in order to get their help with FIRST; IT was secondary, "coffee table" conversation. "
From this article:
http://stearneonline.com/ginger/overdoingit.htm