D

Davis, Tom, 45, 49, 246

Dealers in Lightning (Hiltzik), 32–33

DEC, 38, 63, 64

decamillionaires, number in America, 251

Dodd, David, 220

Doerr, John, 13, 71

relationship with Clark, 92–93, 97, 99, 148, 255

wealth, 246

Douglas, Michael, 64

E

eBay, 248

economic growth. See wealth, creation of

Ellison, Larry, 84, 257, 266

engineers

attractiveness of Geometry Engine, 38

attractiveness of Silicon Valley, 38

"highly oppositional" personalities, 45–46

importance of, to Clark, 13, 39–41, 74, 95, 100–101

importance of, to Veblen, 12–13

Indian, Clark's reliance on, 104, 111

verbal tic, common, 55

Engineers and the Price System (Veblen), 12–13

Entertainment Computer Company, 63

E*Trade, 248

Excite, 23, 220

F

Fairchild Semiconductor, 22

family offices, 250

first birds (sailing term), 233

Framba, Marco, 65

G

Gates, Bill, 58, 70, 184, 186, 190, 257

Geometry Engine

attractiveness to engineers, 39

economic effects of, 51

in movie making, 38

unenthusiastic response to, 37–38

usefulness of, 37, 38

at Xerox PARC, 23, 32–33

Glasser, Lance, 62

goats, chasing in airplanes, 24, 25

Golden Triangle, 237

Goldman Sachs, 159

Google.com, 253

Graham, Benjamin, 220

Graham and Dodd investors, 165, 220, 255

Grossman, Mark, 41, 44

Gutfreund, John, 158

H

Haigh, Steve, 5, 125, 126, 138, 246

Harvard University, 21

Healtheon

asshole in the middle, 162, 238

Chart of Many Bubbles, 161, 162, 170, 174, 237

Clark's ambitions for, 93, 162

Clark's investment in, 180–182

Clark's involvement in, 91, 249

equity in, division of, 98, 236–237

financing for, 149–151, 165–166

Golden Triangle, 237

health care industry knowledge, lack of, 115

Healthscape, 119

initial public offering, first try, 168, 237

initial public offering, second try, 235, 236–237, 239–241, 248

Long becomes leader, 147–149

Magic Diamond, 89, 117, 160

Microsoft, as nemesis, 167–168, 244–245

office decor, 235–236

origins in Clark's illness, 89

physician metric, 171–172, 239

press reviews, 173, 176–178

rejection of, by Blue Cross/Blue Shield, 144–146

road show, Europe, 169–178

road show, U.S., 178–180

stock market crash (July 22, 1998), effect of, 167–168

stock price, 244, 245

transactions handled, 238

valuation, 238–239, 245

Web MD, merger with, 244–245

Healthscape, 119

Hennessey, John, 122

Hewlett-Packard, 22, 38

Hiltzik, Michael A., Dealers in Lightning, 32–33

Home of the Future, 125, 250

Homer, Mike, 184

Honeywell, 60

horizontal markets, 159

Huisman, Wolter, 3, 4, 78, 79–80

Huisman Shipyard, 4, 8, 77, 78, 83

human imagination, in wealth creation, 14

Hutchins, Simon, 203

Hyperion (computerized sailboat)

alarm sensors, 81, 129, 213–214, 225, 227

bridge, 4

Clark's reason for building, 8, 79, 199

Clark's visits to shipyard, 77

computers onboard, 5–6, 80, 124, 207–208, 213–217, 226–227

cost, 120, 204

crew members, 143–144, 203, 265

engine failures, 210, 212, 213, 223, 225

engine room, 223

Juliet (sailboat), relationship to, 73, 79, 265–266

length of, 3, 9

maiden voyage, 202–218, 223–233

mast, 10, 80, 82, 84, 85

Netscape, relationship to, 79, 199

paintings onboard, 204

as prototype computerized home, 125, 250

radar malfunction, 217

sails, 7, 81, 228–229, 232

sea trials, 4–10

Seascape, 124

software bugs, 138–139, 141

spare parts onboard, 224

successor, 266

wiring, miles of, 83

I

IBM, 38, 63, 164, 242–243

ideas, 23, 92, 121

Indian engineers, Clark's reliance on, 104, 111

Indian Institute of Technology, 104–106

information appliances. See telecomputer

innovation, in wealth creation, 14, 26

Intel, 22

interactive television. See telecomputer

Internet, 14, 70, 166, 248

Internet anxiety, 248

Internet companies, value of, 245

Internet Explorer, 188

investment bankers, 158, 160, 166