Comments on: What Bubble? http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/03/29/what-bubble-bubble-etrade-etradecom-venture-capital-vc-web-20-csr-corporate-social-responsibility-huleatt-risk-tolerance/ Ideation on economics, media, venture capital and startups Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:35:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roman Alberto http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/03/29/what-bubble-bubble-etrade-etradecom-venture-capital-vc-web-20-csr-corporate-social-responsibility-huleatt-risk-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-1433 Roman Alberto Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:05:08 +0000 http://www.leveragingideas.com/?p=264#comment-1433 nice site nice site

]]> By: Sam http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/03/29/what-bubble-bubble-etrade-etradecom-venture-capital-vc-web-20-csr-corporate-social-responsibility-huleatt-risk-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 Sam Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:18:48 +0000 http://www.leveragingideas.com/?p=264#comment-1326 Paul: Thanks for the comments! I agree that there is bubbleistic activity occurring. However, I think the notion of a full-scale bubble may not be accurate in the sense that this 'bubble' is more isolated (Silicon Valley) although I beliwve we hear more about it since media buzz is much greater now with the advent of blogs, etc... My graphs are not perhaps as concrete as an S-1, but they are certainly counter-intuitive and do make for good debate. Also, I'm not sure I agree that Google Trends is a "parlor trick," but at what point does it's statistics become an acceptable source? They definitely have more merit than Wikipedia. Thanks so much for the comment! Paul:

Thanks for the comments! I agree that there is bubbleistic activity occurring. However, I think the notion of a full-scale bubble may not be accurate in the sense that this ‘bubble’ is more isolated (Silicon Valley) although I beliwve we hear more about it since media buzz is much greater now with the advent of blogs, etc…

My graphs are not perhaps as concrete as an S-1, but they are certainly counter-intuitive and do make for good debate.

Also, I’m not sure I agree that Google Trends is a “parlor trick,” but at what point does it’s statistics become an acceptable source? They definitely have more merit than Wikipedia.

Thanks so much for the comment!

]]> By: Paul Knag http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/03/29/what-bubble-bubble-etrade-etradecom-venture-capital-vc-web-20-csr-corporate-social-responsibility-huleatt-risk-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-1294 Paul Knag Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:27:38 +0000 http://www.leveragingideas.com/?p=264#comment-1294 Google Trends, Compete, Alexa, are neat parlor tricks, but are too inaccurate to base any serious decisions or sociographic conclusions. They are diversions created to entertain. And search query volume on a specific term or brand is likely to be influenced by any number of motivations. Look at the recent S-1 filings by 2.0 firms that haven't made yet a dollar. That to me is evidence of a kind of optimism and exuberance that we should have learned to be wary of in 1999. Google Trends, Compete, Alexa, are neat parlor tricks, but are too inaccurate to base any serious decisions or sociographic conclusions. They are diversions created to entertain. And search query volume on a specific term or brand is likely to be influenced by any number of motivations.

Look at the recent S-1 filings by 2.0 firms that haven’t made yet a dollar. That to me is evidence of a kind of optimism and exuberance that we should have learned to be wary of in 1999.

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