Comments on: What Does TechCrunch40 Say About Web 2.0? http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/09/19/what-does-techcrunch40-say-about-web-20/ Thoughts on Startups, Entrepreneurs and the Web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Omar Ismail http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/09/19/what-does-techcrunch40-say-about-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-6912 Omar Ismail Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:38:40 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/09/19/what-does-techcrunch40-say-about-web-20/#comment-6912 I agree with Fred Wilson. Looking at most of the companies presenting there were A LOT of me-toos. And this is late 2007, I mean come on. I'm aware that these companies don't necessarily represent the true innovators, as has been mentioned in many places, there's shadiness to the selection process. However, these selections are the ones that some of the top VC firms in Silicon Valley have invested in and choose to promote. Of course maybe the whole point of TC40 was to show these companies off so they could flip them before the downturn... how's that for a conspiracy theory? In any event the companies that will usher in the NEXT boom are the ones being built now, under the radar, with true innovation. The ones you won't hear about until they've already hit exponential growth and everybody's saying "where did THAT come from?" I agree with Fred Wilson. Looking at most of the companies presenting there were A LOT of me-toos. And this is late 2007, I mean come on. I’m aware that these companies don’t necessarily represent the true innovators, as has been mentioned in many places, there’s shadiness to the selection process. However, these selections are the ones that some of the top VC firms in Silicon Valley have invested in and choose to promote. Of course maybe the whole point of TC40 was to show these companies off so they could flip them before the downturn… how’s that for a conspiracy theory?

In any event the companies that will usher in the NEXT boom are the ones being built now, under the radar, with true innovation. The ones you won’t hear about until they’ve already hit exponential growth and everybody’s saying “where did THAT come from?”

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