"I'm here today with something of an apology,''

July 16, 2001 11:06 AM

"I'm here today with something of an apology,'' said Silicon Valley VC guru John Doerr. In his speech ... Doerr offered a revised version of his Internet quote. He projected a slide on a screen that described the Internet as "the largest legal creation (and evaporation) of wealth in the history of the planet."
posted by msacheson (9 comments total)

"Doerr also offered a bleak prediction Sunday that the nation has entered a technology recession that will last longer and could spread wider than some economists have forecast."

Gee, if he was wrong back in 1995, maybe he's wrong about this prediction, too.
posted by davidmsc at 11:28 AM on July 16, 2001

is he offering anyone any of their money back?

I'd be interested in seeing how he's doing. I'll bet he's come through it all just fine....
posted by rebeccablood at 11:39 AM on July 16, 2001

can he help me with the S&L thing. The players have seem to left the buildingand taken the wheel with them. hehn-hehn. "By billing wealth over innovation" Doerr said. Ok, who hid the innovation.
posted by clavdivs at 11:49 AM on July 16, 2001

And then he committed hara-kiri, yes? Yes?
posted by holgate at 12:56 PM on July 16, 2001

I think that's hari-kari.
posted by kindall at 1:05 PM on July 16, 2001

seppaku (sic, sp)
posted by clavdivs at 1:19 PM on July 16, 2001

baka!
posted by lotsofno at 5:28 PM on July 16, 2001

And you don't commit it, you *perform* it.
posted by kerplunk at 5:14 AM on July 17, 2001

baka,hi-hi. domo arigato. though i prefer Semar. (wez want toledo back, lotsofno)
posted by clavdivs at 9:45 AM on July 17, 2001