Huh! When I first submit this question, I didn't get the text box! Anyway, my main question is as follows:
-> Are we at the start of a web 2.0 bubble? I say this because I see (way) too many startups doing the same thing over and over again (e.g.: social networking, web based im, wiki/blog backed news feeds, web based video, etc). Some of the newer ones are trying to add some money making (biz model as the vc-s like to call it) tactics to the whole game, but, mostly, most of these startups have no real monetary benefits.
-> If we are at the start of a bubble, when will it burst?
-> When the bubble bursts, how bad will it be this time: global economic meltdown?
A big difference between the .com bubble of the late 90's and the situation right now is in the number of companies applying for an IPO. That number is still currently a fraction of .com bubble levels.
VC investments are on the rise but still lower than at the peak of the bubble.
When looking at these statistics it doesn't yet resemble what we saw in the late 90's. Maybe people learned their lesson. Or it could be just the resulting chilling effect from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act... Its a lot more difficult to go public nowadays.
-> Are we at the start of a web 2.0 bubble? I say this because I see (way) too many startups doing the same thing over and over again (e.g.: social networking, web based im, wiki/blog backed news feeds, web based video, etc). Some of the newer ones are trying to add some money making (biz model as the vc-s like to call it) tactics to the whole game, but, mostly, most of these startups have no real monetary benefits.
-> If we are at the start of a bubble, when will it burst?
-> When the bubble bursts, how bad will it be this time: global economic meltdown?