Bubble 2.0?
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Here’s our story in today’s Mercury News (free registration) about the excitement surrounding Web 2.0, and question of whether this is “Bubble 2.0.” The example of Meebo shows that some of the hot companies are indeed offering something real. However, comments from others suggest there’s a lot of froth too.
Also, see “related links” here (top right hand corner) for the other parts of our Venture Capital Survey, which lists of the local companies that received venture funding over the third quarter. You’ll have to buy the paper version today (not too late!) for all the graphs/tables.
UPDATE: Critic, below in comments, weighs in against Meebo. Anyone else care to say what they think of the company?
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About the Author, Matt Marshall
Matt launched VentureBeat in September of 2006, with the realization that no one else was covering the entrepreneurial and tech innovation scene with the velocity or depth that he was. Prior to founding VentureBeat, he covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News from 2001 to 2006. In 2002, Matt was awarded "Journalist of the Year" by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists. Prior to working at the Merc, he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Bonn, Germany from 1995 to 1998, and a writer for the Washington Post in 1994. Matt holds a PhD in Government and an MA in German and European Studies from Georgetown University. In addition to VentureBeat, Matt is also the Executive Producer of DEMO, the leading launchpad event for emerging technologies.
