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The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

A tech bubble is the rapid inflation in the valuation of public and private technology companies that exceeds their fundamental value by a large margin. Bubbles are not new; we have had them for hundreds of years (the Tulip Mania , South Sea Company , Mississippi Company , etc.). The technology blogs (TechCrunch, et al.)

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Angels whove made money in technology are preferable,for two reasons: they understand your situation, and theyre asource of contacts and advice. Angels and even VC firms occasionally do this, but they alsoinvest at later stages. The problems are different in the early stages. Whendel.icio.us