Well, I'm biased (being the author of the article), but it was worth something to me for two reasons:

1. Writing it helped me think about the topic.

2. I got a chance to compliment some folks that I think deserved it without seeming overly silly.

Well... I think it is.

It was a nice piece of text, outlining good points of the mentioned startups, and the author doesn't seem to be very biased by its success or lack of it.

I hadn't ever heard of Pairwise, for example.

Good job.