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Editorial Reviews
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Scads of disgruntled ex-employees have written thousands of pages on what it was like to work for a fly-by-night dot-com and how quickly it all ended. Despite the barrage of Internet reminiscences, Lori Gottlieb and Jesse Jacobs have penned their own version of life at the now-defunct online community Kibu.com, Inside the Cult of Kibu: And Other Tales of the Millennial Gold Rush. Dividing their book into 10 chapters entitled, "The Idea," "The Money," "The Culture," "The Parties," "The Lingo," "The Spin," "The Mismanagement," "The IPO," "The Layoffs," and "The Hereafter," Gottlieb and Jacobs intersperse their own experiences at Kibu with comments from nearly 100 players in the dot-com game. Kurt Andersen talks about the friction between the "New Media People" and the "Old Media People," Andrew Anker tells of Wired's dress code and Josh Keller explains how he handled laying off employees at the software company Ububu. Altogether, it makes for an amusing, if familiar, snapshot of a bygone era.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"...oral history of that time when Old Media people were lured away from stable jobs by the promise of massages." -- People, 11/4/02
"A fascinating look at the quirky [dotcom] culture told in a variety of voices." -- NationalJournal.com, 9/26/02
"Altogether, it makes for an amusing, if familiar, snapshot of a bygone era." -- Publishers Weekly, September 2, 2002
"An eclectic collection of tales of companies and individuals swept along in the new Economy boom and subsequent bust." -- Dallas Morning News, 9/8/02
"Hailarious...good and gossipy...[a] classic of digital bubble-popping." -- Wired News 8/1/02
"Unlike the typical web gripe-site...illuminates a wild and wacky scene." -- Knowledge@Wharton, September, 2002
"[Gottlieb and Jacobs] have the right Alice-in-Wonderland perspective, the naive good sense that frames the irrationalities around them...Entertaining stuff." -- Washington Monthly, September, 2002
"[Gottlieb's] writing style manages to show both the dark humor and pathos of her situation at Kibu.com." -- Variety, 10/13/02
"[Gottlieb's] wry commentary is engaging." -- Boston Globe, 10/13/02
See all Editorial Reviews
Scads of disgruntled ex-employees have written thousands of pages on what it was like to work for a fly-by-night dot-com and how quickly it all ended. Despite the barrage of Internet reminiscences, Lori Gottlieb and Jesse Jacobs have penned their own version of life at the now-defunct online community Kibu.com, Inside the Cult of Kibu: And Other Tales of the Millennial Gold Rush. Dividing their book into 10 chapters entitled, "The Idea," "The Money," "The Culture," "The Parties," "The Lingo," "The Spin," "The Mismanagement," "The IPO," "The Layoffs," and "The Hereafter," Gottlieb and Jacobs intersperse their own experiences at Kibu with comments from nearly 100 players in the dot-com game. Kurt Andersen talks about the friction between the "New Media People" and the "Old Media People," Andrew Anker tells of Wired's dress code and Josh Keller explains how he handled laying off employees at the software company Ububu. Altogether, it makes for an amusing, if familiar, snapshot of a bygone era.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"...oral history of that time when Old Media people were lured away from stable jobs by the promise of massages." -- People, 11/4/02
"A fascinating look at the quirky [dotcom] culture told in a variety of voices." -- NationalJournal.com, 9/26/02
"Altogether, it makes for an amusing, if familiar, snapshot of a bygone era." -- Publishers Weekly, September 2, 2002
"An eclectic collection of tales of companies and individuals swept along in the new Economy boom and subsequent bust." -- Dallas Morning News, 9/8/02
"Hailarious...good and gossipy...[a] classic of digital bubble-popping." -- Wired News 8/1/02
"Unlike the typical web gripe-site...illuminates a wild and wacky scene." -- Knowledge@Wharton, September, 2002
"[Gottlieb and Jacobs] have the right Alice-in-Wonderland perspective, the naive good sense that frames the irrationalities around them...Entertaining stuff." -- Washington Monthly, September, 2002
"[Gottlieb's] writing style manages to show both the dark humor and pathos of her situation at Kibu.com." -- Variety, 10/13/02
"[Gottlieb's] wry commentary is engaging." -- Boston Globe, 10/13/02
See all Editorial Reviews
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