>> "maybe I've fallen so in love with my new home in San Francisco" I think perhaps you're in the epicenter of a bubble now (SF). Unless it's a $20million inve

>> "maybe I've fallen so in love with my new home in San Francisco" I think perhaps you're in the epicenter of a bubble now (SF). Unless it's a $20million investment for a twitter based replyBot, it looks lame. Meanwhile, plenty of people in the UK (And everywhere else) are building profitable online businesses quietly, just as they have done for years. One thing that has always seemed weird to me is how companies who announce they've "won $Xm in funding" seem to be 'rated' higher than companies that are making modest profits and growing fast. IMHO "winning" investment just means you convinced someone to give you some money. Whereas a company that's profitable and growing fast, you've proven your business model - far more impressive than convincing a handful of people to give you some cash. Much as I hate a lot of what 37signals have to say, when URL shorteners, twitter crawlers, etc getting millions in funding, you have to ask yourself if that's a good thing, impresive, or just the sign of a large bubble that will burst pretty soon. Building a business on top of another unproven business - is anyone doing any sort of risk assessment here? Or even thinking about business models? Or are they just hyping up the hype to the next level and taking the easy investment money. There's a lot to be said for just being a quietly profitable startup without all the hype+glitz+bs. Just my 2p.