Tech Bubble

Facebook Kills The Tech Bubble Dead

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Facebook IPO 2012, Social Media, Facebook Kills Tech Bubble, Social Networking, Facebook IPO, Social-Networking-Sites-Community-Organizing, Tech Bubble Death Watch, Technology, Facebook, Tech Bubble, Video, Business News

You can say one good thing for the Facebook IPO: It has driven a dagger right into the heart of the tech bubble. Facebook's initial public offerin...

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D.M. Levine

Does Wall Street Get Tech?

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Groupon, Facebook IPO, Nasdaq, Ipo, Facebook, Technology, Tech Bubble, Business News

Facebook's botched IPO is only the latest in a string of high-profile technology IPOs that have not gone as hoped, leading some to raise the question:...

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Death Watch: Billion-Dollar Startups

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Internet, Social Media, Small Business, Video, Social Networks, Technology Bubble, Pinterest, Startups, Tech Bubble Death Watch, Venture Capital, Technology, Tech Bubble, Business News

So, the Facebook IPO did not exactly take off like a rocket. That's a blow to those, like us, who see a tech bubble forming around every corner. B...

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Tech Bubble Death Watch: The Facebook IPO

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Internet, Tech, Social Networks, Social Networking, Facebook IPO, Ipo, Tech Bubble Death Watch, Technology, Facebook, Tech Bubble, Facebook Ipo Tech Bubble, Business News

Financial bubbles are like bad relationships. You often can't tell for sure that you're in one until it's over. But it's usually pretty easy to s...

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There Is Not a Bubble in Facebook's Shares, There Is a Bubble in Calling Bubbles

Alex Frey | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Bubble, Stock Market Bubble, Tech Bubble, Facebook, Technology Bubble, Facebook IPO, Business News
Alex Frey

Is it really preposterous that investors would assign a company that is defining a whole new category of communication as being worth one-half of Google and one-seventh of Apple? Of course not. There is not a bubble in Facebook shares, there is a bubble in calling bubbles.

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Farcebook: A Stratospheric Valuation

Mitch Feierstein | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Nasdaq, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Entertainment, Tech Bubble, Credit Bubble, Business News, Technology, Google, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Business News
Mitch Feierstein

Those valuations are dizzyingly high. They'd be justified only if the company's top line was growing exceptionally fast, if its bottom line were growing equally fast, and if the risks to the company's business model were modest and controllable. Not one of those things is true.

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Did A Startup Bubble Just Pop?

The Huffington Post | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Small Business, Video, Startup, Venture Capitalists, Small Business News and Trends, Startups, Startup Bubble, Bubble, Startup Investing, Venture Capital, Tech Bubble, Small Business News

Venture capital financing fell 21 percent in the first quarter of 2012 to its lowest level in nearly two years, according to a new report. That's ...

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WATCH: 60 Seconds of Social Media

Shawn Amos | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Instagram, Investing, Social Media, Internet, Pinterest, Open Source, Facebook, Technology, Tech Bubble, Open Source Software, Technology News
Shawn Amos

So are we in a tech bubble? Or is social media such a different animal that we need to redefine the whole idea of what a company is worth?

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Startup Bill Derailed In Wake Of SEC Warnings

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

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(By David Lawder and Sarah N. Lynch - Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats rebranded a bill aimed at job growth as a threat to investor protections on Thu...

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Too Many Startups Or Too Few Dollars?

Roger Ehrenberg | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Small Business, Startup, Technology Bubble, Venture Capitalists, Startups, Bubble, Venture Capital, Startup Investing, Early-Stage Venture Capital, Tech Bubble, Investors, Small Business News
Roger Ehrenberg

I frequently see disconnects between founders ("This business is going to change the world") and venture investors ("Really? You are super smart and I love your enthusiasm but I respectfully disagree") after a business has already been financed.

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A Tech Bubble, Boom or Bust?

John Backus | Posted 12.31.2011

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John Backus

We're not in a bubble. We're not in a boom and we're definitely not going to bust. We're watching a new ecosystem emerge, albeit prudently, which presents fairly fertile ground for entrepreneurs with sound business models and opportunity aplenty for those with the patience and persistence to ride the next wave.

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What We Are Seeing

Fred Wilson | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Startup Hiring, Startups, Tech Startups, Bubble, Startup Investing, Venture Capital, Angel Investing, Tech Bubble, Silicon Valley, Small Business News
Fred Wilson

The Wall Street Journal has a story out today that says "Web Startups Hit Cash Crunch." There has been a fair bit of reaction in the tech blogs and I thought I'd toss into the discussion some things we are seeing.

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Most 2011 IPOs Are Underwater (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Janean Chun | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Ipos, Groupon IPO, Video, Tech IPO, Zynga IPO, Facebook IPO, IPOs Underwater, Small Business News and Trends, IPO Performance, Tech Bubble, Small Business News

High-profile initial public stock offerings (IPOs) in the first half of 2011 revealed the market's hunger for tech startups, while also reviving Debat...

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Are Startup Incubators Inflating A Tech Bubble?

John Dearborn | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Small Business, Startup Boom, Startup Bubble, Innovation, Venture Capital, Ventural Capital, Investing, Unemployment, Startups, Huffpost Small Business News and Trends, Tech Bubble, Small Business America, Small Business News
John Dearborn

The current proliferation of startup incubators may exacerbate the very problem that incubators were invented to solve in the first place.

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The End Of The Startup Boom?

Eric Ries | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Small Business, Angel Investors, Innovation, Entrepreneurs, Venture Capital, Investors, Investing, Technology Boom, Incubator, Startups, Silicon Valley, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Tech Bubble, Small Business America, Small Business News
Eric Ries

It doesn't matter if you call it a boom or a bubble. The startup business moves in cycles, and what goes up will eventually come down.

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Online Room Rental Startup Airbnb Scores $112 Million in Financing

Reuters | Posted 09.24.2011

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Airbnb, a website that lets travelers rent rooms in private homes around the globe, has secured $112 million in a second round of financing from Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global and General Catalyst.

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Bubble or Babylon? The Bay Area Tech Boom

Randy Howder | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Google, Startups, San Jose, Tech Bubble, San Francisco, Soma, Menlo Park, Silicon Valley, Apple, Bay Area, San Francisco News
Randy Howder

Cutting-edge Bay Area workplaces are creating a new worker's paradise that is becoming increasingly set apart from any other labor market in the country and the world.

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Fortune's On-again, Off-again Bubble

Robert Teitelman | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Money Magazine, Fortune, Bubble, David Kaplan, Tech Bubble, Fortune Tech Bubble, Business News
Robert Teitelman

Fortune has discovered there might be a tech bubble. No, revise that.

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Moving Beyond Job Loss

Estelle Cimino | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Counseling, Job Losses, Unemployment, Business, Tech Bubble, San Francisco, San Francisco News
Estelle Cimino

The bottom line emotional reaction to job loss in today's economy is fear. These ten steps may very well help you to heal and move beyond job loss.

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Bianca Bosker

WATCH: Founder Of DoubleClick On The Most Overhyped Trend In Tech

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 09.10.2011

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Wondering whether we're in the midst of another tech bubble? Veteran entrepreneur Kevin O'Connor, who survived the dot-com collapse of the 1990s, ...

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Alex Wagner

Silicon Valley: Where The Job Market Is Booming

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Economic Crisis, Technology News, Economic Recovery, Bubble, Technology, Tech Bubble, Silicon Valley, Business News

As the bleak June jobs report released Friday continues to settle, a ray of sunlight is peeking out from sunny California. Thanks to a flood of ventur...

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Bubble Watch: Tech Startups Demand Higher Prices From Investors

Reuters | Posted 09.07.2011

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(SAN FRANCISCO) - A year ago, Mike Maples's investment firm, Floodgate, was investing in young companies at a pace of two or three every quarter. No...

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The Internet Might Kill Us All

Steve Blank | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Startups, Investing, Innovation, Venture Capital, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Tech Bubble, Business News
Steve Blank

The next war will more than likely occur via the Internet. It may be over in minutes. We may be watching the first skirmishes.

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Pandora Hoping To Cash In Following LinkedIn's Success

Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Online Radio, Linkedin, California, Oakland, Ipo, Pandora, Facebook, Tech Bubble, New York Stock Exchange, Silicon Valley, Initial Public Offering, Video, Business News

NEW YORK (Clare Baldwin and Jennifer Saba) - Online radio company Pandora Media Inc increased the proposed value of its initial public offering by...

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Are Tech Giants Killing Innovation?

Robert Hatta | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Google, Small Business America, Groupon, Zygna, Acqui-Hires, Hiring, Startups, Entrepreneurs, Facebook, Tech Bubble, Business News
Robert Hatta

Are today's innovators selling out too quickly to their deep-pocketed tech overlords?

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