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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1996 – “It’s impossible to get to build a billion dollar company selling widgets at $15 and taking $1 commission one at a time”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2008 – “RIP, Good Times”. 2011 – “There is no network effect in the enterprise software business; it’s not a category we invest in anymore”.

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1996 – “It’s impossible to get to build a billion dollar company selling widgets at $15 and taking $1 commission one at a time”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2008 – “RIP, Good Times”. 2011 – “There is no network effect in the enterprise software business; it’s not a category we invest in anymore”.

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It's Always Sunny on the Web

Genuine VC

Ben Kunz wrote an interesting article in this week’s BusinessWeek, but it wasn’t the controversial and inaptly-named title (“ Why Widgets Don’t Work ”) which caught my attention. He says “’do’ is where the web is headed in 2008,” citing social networks and other social services (e.g.

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It's Always Sunny on the Web

Genuine VC

Ben Kunz wrote an interesting article in this week’s BusinessWeek, but it wasn’t the controversial and inaptly-named title (“ Why Widgets Don’t Work ”) which caught my attention. He says “’do’ is where the web is headed in 2008,” citing social networks and other social services (e.g.

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