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'Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good,' - Sarah Lacy - NYTimes Review

28 points by markbao 18y ago

aswanson 18y ago
The funny thing is is that if the GOOG acquisition had went through, and Kevin's stake was (as conjectured) 30%, he would have made exactly the sum the article she wrote predicted.
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hariskh 18y ago
its funny that the published date on this article is Jul 27th.. I thought today is 26th!!
- markbao 18y ago
  Probably a result of the common forward-publishing-date that a majority of the publishing industry does (magazines you receive in July dated August 2008, etc.) This story is probably set to be published and released on the print version tomorrow, the 27th.
- fleaflicker 18y ago
  NYT book review comes with the Sunday edition but is delivered to homes and published online with the Saturday edition.
- froo 18y ago
  It could have been dated in Australian time... given we appear to be a day ahead of you guys at times :)
staunch 18y ago
Sounds like a sensationalist gossipy version of Founders at Work. I'll skip it and wait for FAW2.
- omouse 18y ago
  I'm waiting for Coders at Work: http://www.codersatwork.com/ http://www.codersatwork.com/ :D
- alaskamiller 18y ago
  Sounds like profiles of startups and their teams with both authors, jl and Sarah Lacy, having done their homework. Having read both books, it was well worth the time spent. I find it odd that people go through life with fingers in their ears and are proud of it.
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ojbyrne 18y ago
All I can speak on is the digg stuff, but it reads like it was dictated to her by Digg PR. And in fact the only person, other than Jay and Kevin, who manages to get in a digg picture (there's some digg employees in a equinix-related photo) is a PR person.
daveambrose 18y ago
Judging by this review it appears Lacy did a fantastic job writing about life in a land of koolaid. To that effect, it may be worth a read....
joshu 18y ago
I dunno. The parts I am mentioned in are in the neighborhood but factually incorrect; a bunch of things are the exact opposite of the truth. And she calls me Josh. Ugh.
- brianlash 18y ago
  Mm, fighting the urge to say I'm not surprised. Will you point out any specifics Joshua?
  - joshu 18y ago
    I didn't show it at foocamp 2003, for example. A lot of the facts reported sound like they came from me, but garbled. I've spoken to a LOT of reporters in my time and they almost never get it even close to right. One assumes all reporting is like this, too.
shafqat 18y ago
For what its worth, I read the book and thought it was fantastic. Sure, there may be some artistic interpretation of the actual truth, but it was extremely motivating for me as an entrepreneur, thats for damn sure. The main takeaway I got apart from the importance of great mentors/friendors? That these guys worked their asses off to get where they are. Luck may be a small part of it, but pure perservernce is what saw them through. Anyway, I thought it was a great read. Would recommend it, although with a pinch of salt since we have first-hand knowledge of some inaccuracies (see Joshua's comments above).
- joshu 18y ago
  I don't know how bad it is in general. I stopped buying books that mentioned me a while ago. Praise Amazon for Search Inside The Book. This book apparently came out of a businessweek article that was also a clusterfuck, though, so I'm guessing so.
jsmcgd 18y ago
Is this the girl that gave that really embarrassing interview with Mark Zuckerberg?
- ALee 18y ago
  yup, same one.

28 points by markbao 18y ago

The funny thing is is that if the GOOG acquisition had went through, and Kevin's stake was (as conjectured) 30%, he would have made exactly the sum the article she wrote predicted.

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hariskh 18y ago

its funny that the published date on this article is Jul 27th.. I thought today is 26th!!

markbao 18y ago
Probably a result of the common forward-publishing-date that a majority of the publishing industry does (magazines you receive in July dated August 2008, etc.) This story is probably set to be published and released on the print version tomorrow, the 27th.
fleaflicker 18y ago
NYT book review comes with the Sunday edition but is delivered to homes and published online with the Saturday edition.
froo 18y ago
It could have been dated in Australian time... given we appear to be a day ahead of you guys at times :)

staunch 18y ago

Sounds like a sensationalist gossipy version of Founders at Work. I'll skip it and wait for FAW2.

omouse 18y ago
I'm waiting for Coders at Work: http://www.codersatwork.com/ http://www.codersatwork.com/ :D
alaskamiller 18y ago
Sounds like profiles of startups and their teams with both authors, jl and Sarah Lacy, having done their homework. Having read both books, it was well worth the time spent. I find it odd that people go through life with fingers in their ears and are proud of it.
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ojbyrne 18y ago

All I can speak on is the digg stuff, but it reads like it was dictated to her by Digg PR. And in fact the only person, other than Jay and Kevin, who manages to get in a digg picture (there's some digg employees in a equinix-related photo) is a PR person.

daveambrose 18y ago

Judging by this review it appears Lacy did a fantastic job writing about life in a land of koolaid. To that effect, it may be worth a read....

joshu 18y ago

I dunno. The parts I am mentioned in are in the neighborhood but factually incorrect; a bunch of things are the exact opposite of the truth. And she calls me Josh. Ugh.

brianlash 18y ago
Mm, fighting the urge to say I'm not surprised. Will you point out any specifics Joshua?
- joshu 18y ago
  I didn't show it at foocamp 2003, for example. A lot of the facts reported sound like they came from me, but garbled. I've spoken to a LOT of reporters in my time and they almost never get it even close to right. One assumes all reporting is like this, too.

shafqat 18y ago

For what its worth, I read the book and thought it was fantastic. Sure, there may be some artistic interpretation of the actual truth, but it was extremely motivating for me as an entrepreneur, thats for damn sure. The main takeaway I got apart from the importance of great mentors/friendors? That these guys worked their asses off to get where they are. Luck may be a small part of it, but pure perservernce is what saw them through. Anyway, I thought it was a great read. Would recommend it, although with a pinch of salt since we have first-hand knowledge of some inaccuracies (see Joshua's comments above).

joshu 18y ago
I don't know how bad it is in general. I stopped buying books that mentioned me a while ago. Praise Amazon for Search Inside The Book. This book apparently came out of a businessweek article that was also a clusterfuck, though, so I'm guessing so.

jsmcgd 18y ago

Is this the girl that gave that really embarrassing interview with Mark Zuckerberg?

ALee 18y ago
yup, same one.