I personally think it is a double edge sword, very few people are pursuing truly large ideas because the odds of finding funding to even get started just are no

I personally think it is a double edge sword, very few people are pursuing truly large ideas because the odds of finding funding to even get started just are not there and some ideas require funding to even get off the ground. As someone who pursued a very large scale idea, I know all too well that investors just don't seem to be interested in efforts that require large amounts of upfront work and infrastructure before they can even launch. I think Amazon was the last effort of that kind, that has been funded. Ideas like Facebook are more palatable because the infrastructure requirements scales with the company. With search you really are not afforded that luxury, to compete you have big data requirements from day one. Ultimately big data requirements is was what doomed my idea and to this day I have not found many investors that have an appetite for a start-up that has big data requirements from day one. In saying that, my experience is subjective and I am not playing ball in the valley, so take my post for what it is a personal observation.