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Re: Has smart money abandoned U.S. Web 2.0 companies?

Valto — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:23:33 -0000

Web 2.0 will be done by VC 2.0, using tools of Web 2.0 - www.growvc.com

Re: Has smart money abandoned U.S. Web 2.0 companies?

ജസീം ഉമര്‍ — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:30:33 -0000

George Kissi,
Web 2.0 are websites known as second version of internet. This include Wikis, Social networking etc.

Re: Has smart money abandoned U.S. Web 2.0 companies?

George Kissi — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:09:42 -0000

Hi,
I've read through this and still can't figure out what web 2.0 is! Can you shed some light?

Regards

Re: Has smart money abandoned U.S. Web 2.0 companies?

Ivan — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:11:18 -0000

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Re: Has smart money abandoned U.S. Web 2.0 companies?

Anthony Kuhn — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:03:23 -0000

Eric:

I would guess that as Web 2.0 continues to mature, there will be increased venture funding for business all over the world. I can also imagine there are some VC funds that are hesitant to get in on an unproven and rocky business model, but there are always some with more vision (or luck) who will be able to capitalize on the great potential Web 2.0 has for smashing returns. I cross-posted on your piece, alongs with a few comments of my own, at http://blog.innovators-netw... The Innovators Network is a non-profit dedicated to bringing technology to startups, small businesses, non-profits, venture capitalists and intellectual property experts. Please visit us and help grown our community!

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Re: Has smart money abandoned U.S. Web 2.0 companies?

Bob Warfield — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:47:54 -0000

The Zimbra acquisition by Yahoo may just get them all wound up again:

http://smoothspan.wordpress...

Re: Has smart money abandoned U.S. Web 2.0 companies?

Tim — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:14:20 -0000

Smart money is waiting for more robust capabilities to be found in the rumored upgrade to 3.0, while those irritated by slow speed and frequent bugs are downgrading back to 1.5. An unnamed VC was quoted as saying that "a lot of our CSS needs are getting outsourced to foreign shops as they can deliver up to 65% more AJAX for the same price as US companies, and they really know how to leverage their XHTML."

Re: Has smart money abandoned U.S. Web 2.0 companies?

Justin Davey — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:32:49 -0000

I don't think that Web 2.0 is over in the US. I think investors are probably realizing that a lot of their investments are having poor or no returns and now they will sit back and wait for the next phase with business models adapted for early mistakes making profitability more likely and global adoption of Web 2.0 development and use. Then investments will continue. So much better than another boom-bust situation.