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Internet Bubble 2.0 Hedging Update

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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. 

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