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Dot Com Boom II

Posted by Shaun Nestor on 04 Apr 2010 / 0 Comment

When I read articles that include paragraphs like:

The venture capital valuations for still-have-that-new-car-smell startups like Quora, FourSquare, Blippy are reaching unprecedented levels, and we wanted to find out why. Top VCs Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway and David Hornik came by the TechCrunch offices to debate the issue.

Four month old Blippy is worth around $38 million. Quora, still in private beta, is valued at around $86 million in its most recent round. And Foursquare will be worth $80 million or more when it closes the round it’s negotiating now.

-TechCrunch

I am reminded of the short-term memory of investors.

Many of these companies have no formal profit-generating system in place – or even planned. Yet they are valued at millions of dollars.

Does anyone remember the year 2000?


About the Author, Shaun Nestor

Shaun Nestor is the Principal at Never Mind Marketing. He focuses his consulting on Inbound Marketing, social media, and using the power of the internet to promote brands.

Shaun has helped hundreds of people around the globe grow their business. His passion is helping small- and medium-sized companies expand their brand online.

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