Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Internet Bubble 2.0 Hedging Update
Internet Bubble 2.0 Hedging Update
In his post Thursday on the bursting of Internet Bubble 2.0 ("My $17,000 per month office"), Tim wrote,
I am getting a sense of deja vu about this valley. The bubble has burst, but people haven't really accepted it, and there is still, in some quarters, a sense that things aren't just good, but better than ever.
Sentiments seem to be similarly ebullient in Silicon Alley these days: here's one of the latest local deals, a recipe curation site that just closed a $1.2 million seed round.
Netflix Lesson in Momentum
In the first half of this year, there were few stocks that garnered as much attention and envy as Netflix, symbol NFLX. The percentage chart below shows why. Over the span of two and a half years, it soared about 1600%.
