Googling down Internet memory lane for HoTMaiL. Hallucinogenic optimism. Great phrase.
> Jurvetson remembers: "He brought in these revenue estimates showing that he was going to grow the company faster than any in history. We dismissed the projections outright, but he insisted, 'You don't believe we're going to do that?' He had hallucinogenicoptimism. He had an unquenchable sense of destiny. But he was right. He grew the subscriber base faster than any company in the history of the world."
> Jurvetson remembers: "He brought in these revenue estimates showing that he was going to grow the company faster than any in history. We dismissed the projections outright, but he insisted, 'You don't believe we're going to do that?' He had hallucinogenic optimism. He had an unquenchable sense of destiny. But he was right. He grew the subscriber base faster than any company in the history of the world."
Wired 6.12 "HotMale" December 1998
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/6.12/hotmale.html?pg=2...