Pine brings ‘experience’ to Bixpo

LOVELAND – He might not say so, but Joe Pine’s ascendance to the upper tier of business theorists and authors on the lecture circuit came partly as a result of a published endorsement from Tom Peters.

Shortly after the release of Pine’s book “The Experience Economy,” Peters, who might share with author/lecturer Jim Collins the top rung of that ladder, gushed about Pine and writing partner Jim Gilmore on his blog, sometimes shouting in capital letters:

“Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore gave us the Great Gift … the book ‘The Experience Economy: Work Is Theater & Every Business a Stage,'” Peters wrote.…