Comments on: Web 2.0 – Building Features or Value?

By: Fractals of Change

Fractals of Change — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:57:13 +0000

Bubble 2.0 – Introduction

Bubble 2.0 may be upon us. Lots of smart people who were at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco last week think so and they ought to know. See Fred Wilson here, Brad Feld here, and Om Malik here. New companies are forming like mushrooms in the wood…

By: Hitchhiker's Guide to 650

Hitchhiker's Guide to 650 — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:45:36 +0000

This Time Its Different . . .

This time, its different . . . but the outcome will be the same for entrepreneurs . . .
After 6 months of seeing my friends go off and start their own companies I wondered like everyone else if this time, its really different or is it just a bubble ….

By: Hitchhiker's Guide to 650

Hitchhiker's Guide to 650 — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:45:36 +0000

This Time Its Different . . .

By: Fractals of Change

Fractals of Change — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:37:27 +0000

Bubble 2.0 – Introduction

By: Fractals of Change

Fractals of Change — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:27:12 +0000

Bubble 2.0 – Introduction

By: Jan Leeman

Jan Leeman — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 03:39:18 +0000

Just a comment on ServiceMagic. I co-founded and co-ran ImproveNet, a ServiceMagic competitor, from 1995 through the IPO in 2000. I greatly admire the success of Service Magic. I know from first-hand experience that the referral business is hard and time consuming to understand. Of course the payoff in figuring it all out is that Service Magic has built a durable, profitable, and important business.

By: Steve Dispensa

Steve Dispensa — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 01:46:20 +0000

I think your analysis is right on. My company has seen increased interest from the venture community lately as a result of the Web 2.0 hype. Fundamentally, though, you just have to build a business that will be successful on its own merits. Trying to over-generalize into a trend that you can then blindly follow is not, by itself, a formula for success.

One of my board members is fond of saying that “you have to build a business like you plan on running forever, or else you’ll probably get to.” I don’t think he invented the saying, but he applied it to his own company – Verio, which he founded in his garage – and did pretty well for himself.