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Invest in the Mess – A Silicon Bubble Shows Signs of Reinflating

Less than a decade after the dot-com bust taught Wall Street and Silicon Valley investors that what goes up does not keep going up forever, a growing number of entrepreneurs and a few venture capitalists are beginning to wonder if investments in technology start-ups are headed toward another big bust.

By JENNA WORTHAM AND EVELYN M. RUSLI

Full Story: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/a-silicon-bubble-shows-signs-of-reinflating/

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Invest In The Mess

Fred Wilson, A VC

There’s a front page story in the NY Times today about the hyperactivity in web startupland. They quote from a few posts I’ve made on this blog and I think Jenna and Evelyn did a nice job with the story.

The thing that’s clear from reading the story is the hyperactivity is in the early/seed stage market and the late stage market. Investors are throwing money at energetic entrpreneurs with plans, hopes, and dreams and at emerging winners like Groupon, Gilt Group, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

Full Story: http://www.businessinsider.com/invest-in-the-mess-2010-12?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Falleyinsider%2Fsilicon_alley_insider+%28Silicon+Alley+Insider%29

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