This might be relevant: http://www.quora.com/the_edge/Intriguing-answer-on-Silicon-Valley-bubbles-manias-booms-busts-crashes-and-winning-the-startup-lottery ht

This might be relevant: http://www.quora.com/the_edge/Intriguing-answer-on-Silicon-Valley-bubbles-manias-booms-busts-crashes-and-winning-the-startup-lottery http://www.quora.com/the_edge/Intriguing-answer-on-Silicon-V... Apparently housing prices are bottoming out (US domestic) and people are starting to get serious interest in San Francisco property (much more than normal). I remember reading somewhere that rents had a massive run up during the last bubble (where leases killed a bunch of startups - 5 year leases at 2000 prices during the crash). From: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3850170 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3850170 Steve Jurvetson (DFJ Venture Capitalist) has this to say on whether or not we may be entering a bubble: http://www.quora.com/the_edge/Long-wave-boom-and-bust-cycle-from-a-talk-called-Innovation-in-a-disruptive-environment-by-Steve-Jurvetson-at-Stanfor http://www.quora.com/the_edge/Long-wave-boom-and-bust-cycle-... Who knows, with the JOBS act passed, and the consequent relaxation in securities regulations we may have sown the seeds of an unpleasant moment in the near future. Anyway some food for thought. JOBS Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpstart_Our_Business_Startups_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpstart_Our_Business_Startups... JOBS Act criticism: The Consumer Federation of America characterized an earlier version of the legislation as "the dangerous and discredited notion that the way to create jobs is to weaken regulatory protections" Criminologist William K. Black had said the bill would lead to a "regulatory race to the bottom" and said it was lobbied by Wall Street to weaken the Sarbanes–Oxley Act. "gutting regulations designed to safeguard investors", legalizing boiler room operations, "reliev[ing] businesses that are preparing to go public from some of the most important auditing regulations that Congress passed after the Enron debacle" and "a terrible package of bills that would undo essential investor protections, reduce market transparency and distort the efficient allocation of capital".