http://blog.socaltech.com/2007/02/26/survivors-of-the-internet-nuclear-winter/ Thoughts on Southern California's high tech and venture capital industry Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:10:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://blog.socaltech.com/2007/02/26/survivors-of-the-internet-nuclear-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Benjamin Kuo Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:55:09 +0000 http://blog.socaltech.com/2007/02/26/survivors-of-the-internet-nuclear-winter/#comment-19 That's a good question. I think, at least here in Southern California, there hasn't been as many of the "me too" investments you saw during the Internet boom. I also think investors and entrepreneurs learned their lesson the first time. That said, there is more competition now if you start a company; you do see some companies that have something "cool" but don't have a business model yet; and there's not as much pressure to perform as the survivors had to go through. I don't think that means you won't do well; it's just that the environment is different. That’s a good question. I think, at least here in Southern California, there hasn’t been as many of the “me too” investments you saw during the Internet boom. I also think investors and entrepreneurs learned their lesson the first time. That said, there is more competition now if you start a company; you do see some companies that have something “cool” but don’t have a business model yet; and there’s not as much pressure to perform as the survivors had to go through. I don’t think that means you won’t do well; it’s just that the environment is different.

]]> http://blog.socaltech.com/2007/02/26/survivors-of-the-internet-nuclear-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-18 akarrer Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:41:37 +0000 http://blog.socaltech.com/2007/02/26/survivors-of-the-internet-nuclear-winter/#comment-18 So makes me wonder what you think about the current investment environment? So makes me wonder what you think about the current investment environment?

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