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Fyi... the Michael Lewis' phrase "search engine" as used in this 1999 article would be what we today might call a "serial entrepreneur searching for the next un

by jasode 10y ago

Fyi... the Michael Lewis' phrase "search engine" as used in this 1999 article would be what we today might call a "serial entrepreneur searching for the next unicorn". It's about Jim Clark of Netscape/Healtheon and not about Excite/AltaVista/Google. Since the timing of the article happened after the Netscape sale to AOL, it focuses on Healtheon which imo is not as interesting as the wild Netscape period with Marc Andreesen.

coldtea 10y ago
>Fyi... the Michael Lewis' phrase "search engine" as used in this 1999 article would be what we today might call a "serial entrepreneur searching for the next unicorn". Apt, only "unicorns" those days were actually important socially and technologically ventures, not BS like Instagram and co.
- Fred007007 10y ago
  Yeah, Instagram was a tragic flop that no-one noticed. Oh wait.
  - yathern 10y ago
    The commenter isnt suggesting that. They're suggesting that the highly and rapidly valued companies from that era were doing more social good than current ones are.
  - coldtea 10y ago
    My comment was about value (in the societal sense) not exit success.