The WELL: inkwell.vue.158: Lori Gottlieb & Jesse Jacobs: "Inside the Cult of Kibu"

#102: Steve Bjerklie (stevebj) Fri 4 Oct 02 09:34

Fri, 04 Oct 2002 09:34:00 PDT

I was happy to hear you discuss "adultolescence" on NPR's "Marketplace" a couple days ago, Lori. Great little essay you gave. [Read entire topic]

#101: David S. Greene (dsg) Fri 4 Oct 02 05:50

Fri, 04 Oct 2002 05:50:00 PDT

Come to New England, Lori! [Read entire topic]

#100: Lori Gottlieb (lgottlieb) Thu 3 Oct 02 22:46

Thu, 03 Oct 2002 22:46:00 PDT

Thanks, Cynthia, for the shameless plug!

I'll be curious to see who comes to the San Francisco and Palo Alto signings...I've received emails from several of the book's contributors saying they'll stop by. All WELL folks are also welcome :) [Read entire topic]

#99: Cynthia Dyer-Bennet (cdb) Wed 2 Oct 02 06:11

Wed, 02 Oct 2002 06:11:00 PDT

I got email from Lori, with some info on her book-reading/signing tour.

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FROM LORI GOTTLIEB

Just a reminder that I'll be on the San Francisco stop of the book tour to celebrate the release of my (and co-writer Jesse Jacobs') "hilarious" and "gossipy" (says Wired News) INSIDE THE CULT OF KIBU: AND OTHER TALES OF THE MILLENNIAL GOLD RUSH, a very personal, "inside" collective memoir of the New Economy.

Tuesday, October 8 7 p.m. Borders Books, Palo Alto University Avenue

Wednesday, October 9 7:30 p.m. Books Inc., San Francisco Chestnut Street

"Inside the Cult of Kibu deserves a place on the bookshelf right next to that other classic of digital bubble-popping, Michael Lewis' The New New Thing." WIRED NEWS

Looking forward to seeing you! (If you missed us on CNBC, "The Early Show," "Marketplace," CNET Radio, etc., you can hear us talking about it all live from San Francisco on KQED's "Forum" and NPR's "Tech Nation.")

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#98: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) Mon 23 Sep 02 13:41

Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:41:00 PDT

Yes, thanks much! [Read entire topic]

#97: Cynthia Dyer-Bennet (cdb) Mon 23 Sep 02 08:15

Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:15:00 PDT

It's been our pleasure to have y'all here. Thanks so much for joining us. [Read entire topic]

#96: David S. Greene (dsg) Sun 22 Sep 02 11:57

Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:57:00 PDT

I think Jon's post makes a great deal of sense. Thank you, Jesse and Lori, for your responses and for this wonderful work. I'd also like to thank the Inkwell team (David, Jon and Cynthia) for setting up the interview and asking me to participate. [Read entire topic]

#95: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) Sun 22 Sep 02 10:15

Sun, 22 Sep 2002 10:15:00 PDT

Perhaps the 'new economy' succeeded where it wasn't 'new,' i.e. where models and assumptions were grounded in economic reality. And I agree that by some measures of success, we were wildly successful -ge.g. where innovation is a measure of success. [Read entire topic]

#94: Jesse Jacobs (jessejacobs) Sun 22 Sep 02 06:45

Sun, 22 Sep 2002 06:45:00 PDT

David,

That article certainly does illustrate that more dotcoms "succeeded" than people think, but I'm a bit suspect of the assumptions:

1) Excluding firms that went to an IPO and then crashed skews the numbers. 2) I know that we're comparing this number to the benchmark of 15%, but I imagine that benchmark of 15%, but that 15% is over the last 7 years. So, I imagine that the comparative %s for 1999 and 2000 are wel below that. So, the 22% and 18% in 99 and 2000 look a lot worse. 3) What does it mean to succeed? Is DrudgeReport included in there? Probably not. Is a company hanging on as a shell of its former self considered a success?

I guess my point is that I, too, believe that the New Economy was more of a success than people give it credit for. Both, economically and sociologically. Numbers such as those are certainly helpful, but seem a bit tainted to me. [Read entire topic]

#93: David Gans (tnf) Sat 21 Sep 02 14:17

Sat, 21 Sep 2002 14:17:00 PDT

Hey, all I do is unlock the door in the morning and make sure there are fresh towels in the green room.

And again, there's no need to sign off: please continue if you're so inclined! [Read entire topic]