Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000. So it looks like the market leaders are trading closer to recession multiples than bubble multiples. Let us look at examples of the last two major computing cycles (prior to the Internet). The internet is working. Currently, the S&P is trading at 22x.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Americas new business model: Sharing. The dot-com boom of early 2000 saw a proliferation of similar anything-at-your-service start-ups. The advent of GPS, the always-on Internet and social networks enable finding things in real time from people you somewhat trust. Americas new business model: Sharing. Gaming Home.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

.” While this post is about the Demand Pull companies, we should all be focused on the Supply Push companies if we want to move the needle on job creation, risk taking, and new venture formation in America. For me Bubble will always be inexorably linked to what went down in 1999 and 2000 in the internet sector.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I had a lot of fun learning what the internet could do for me. In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. I was getting more into internet marketing and trying to ramp up my income.

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