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Tag Archives: Bubble 2.0
Bubble 2.0 as Art
Courtesy of my friend Paul Moorhead at Meridio/Autonomy.
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Do VCs Get Nanotech?
Startup media site Xconomy (led by my friend Bob Buderi) has an interesting post based on an interview with nanotech pioneer Tim Swager from MIT. Tim’s observations are that, initially, VCs invested in a nano bubble without having a clue about what … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging, Bubble 2.0, Nanotech, startups, VC, Venture Capital
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Playing Monopoly in the Advertising Space
So, let’s see: Microsoft buys aQuantive for $6B (2x price premium suggests some deal competition) Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1B (beats Microsoft) WPP buys 24/7 Media for $649M (Microsoft was also looking at it) Yahoo buys Right Media for $680M … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Google, Microsoft, Mobile, startups
Tagged Advertising, Bubble 2.0, Google, Industry News, Microsoft, Mobile, startups
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Widgets, Widgets, Everywhere
Widgets are the new cool. Everyone agrees they are a big phenomenon that’s here to stay. No, widgets are not new. They’ve been around for a very long time in multiple technology implementations. Some prior examples are in Brad Feld’s … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Media, Mobile, MySpace, startups, Web 2.0
Tagged Blogging, Bubble 2.0, Digital Media, e-commerce, Long Tail, Mobile, MySpace, Social computing, social networking, startups, The Long Tail, Web 2.0
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Picking & Funding Winners
One can argue that the rules for picking winning startups have evolved over the last ten years. In Bubble 1.0, you could have used a dart against a Broadview market map. Bubble 2.0 is all about consumer online/mobile plays, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Automattic, Bubble 2.0, Industry News, Polaris Venture Partners, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
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Ouch, that hurts
Jeff Nolan points out in Venture Chronicles that East Coast VCs just don’t get it when it comes to Web 2.0. Harsh words but then he asks “where are the Web 2.0 companies on the East Coast?” Is it case … Continue reading
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Tagged Automattic, Bubble 2.0, Polaris Venture Partners, SaaS, Social computing, startups, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0, Web Services, WordPress
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Not Web 2.0, Bubble 2.0
Just like in the Bubble 1.0 days, the mainstream press is starting to question some of what’s happening online these days. If I recall correctly, how it proceeds from here is as follows: more questions combined with more interest, exuberance, irrational … Continue reading
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Tagged Bubble 2.0, Industry News, Polaris Venture Partners, social networking, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
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Bubble 2.0: rising valuations
Inflated valuations by themselves are not an indication of a bubble brewing. Still, they make you think twice about what M&A and IPO outcomes are likely to be several years ahead. Pre-money valuations are not the best measure of whether … Continue reading