The debate over whether we’re about to run smack into a second Internet bubble is getting as heated as a Nancy Grace interview (in the Valley version, Tot Mom is played by mobile startup Color).
There are some signs that bubble 2.0 is here: the huge valuations for social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Zynga and Groupon; a wealth of over-funded me-too startups,; and a wave of summer web IPOs. But there are also some strong indicators that it’s a bit different this time around: the frenzy is concentrated on social media rather than Internet companies across the board, and investors aren’t spending the same amount of capital as they did in bubble 1.0, since the costs of building web startups is rock bottom now as compared to the late 90’s.
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Author:Katie Fehrenbacher
