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Sign of a startup bubble?

• hasanove 17y ago
  As if there were not enough signs already )
  • BerislavLopac 17y ago
    A startup "bubble" is sorta always here, even in the worst of times. Because by its very nature, successful startups tend to exit with very high margins, and the occasional home run has it so high that it naturally attracts the media, and consequently investors who always hope to fund the "next Google" or the "next Skype". But we almost never hear about 99% of the startups that fail, break even or succeed modestly.
• tomjen3 17y ago
  No. There are plenty signs but this isn't one of them. If they were valued at several million, then yes.
  • jkaljundi 17y ago
    Fun projects for mushroom fans or tracking how much parliament members attend the sessions are definitely not signs of a bubble :-) One of the projects on the other hand made a lot of fun out of funding/exit bubble, making it their key theme: their only goal was to exit by next Friday. The first thing they did was list themselves for sale on an auction site. One of the VC's on the jury actually made a 50 cents bet on them, raising it from previous 40 cents ;) Having fun is important, not all things are dead serious.