Web Two > It’s not just Web 2.0 hype that’s hotting up

http://pointbeing.wordpress.com [ point being:] Here are some of the nuggets: Web 2.0 investment, while growing fast, is still a small proportion of overall VC funding: a total of $13 billion was invested in 1,213 U.S. venture-backed companies in the first half of this year Web 2.0 deal sizes are also smaller than the average: $4.4 million, compared to $7.5 million for venture financing overall. According to Matt, this partly explains the increasing popularity, since “it takes smaller amounts of money to experiment.” Web 2.0 financing is still mostly early stage - 65% of deals were seed or first round this year, down slightly from 75% last year More than half the companies receiving investments in 2006 were generating...

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http://www.mattcutts.com [Mattcutts.com] Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO » What’s your fave Web 2.0 ...: Matt, seeing as how we’re talking about Web 2.0 companies on the same day you added a cartoon image of yourself to your blog, I have to make one last mention of http://www.cartoondollemporium.com, which now gets over 1 million visitors a month and has the Matt Cutts dress up doll, which by the way you are free to take.

[Thisisgoingtobebig.com] This is going to be BIG! - 10 Steps to a Hugely Successful Web 2.0 ...: I'm not advocating for sock puppets, but you miss the fact that in Web2.0 business models, your users are often your vendors - they produce whatever it is on your platform that is valuable to other users. Because your vendors (of info or whatever) now choose to "produce" in your community through "natural selection" or "free will", Web2 companies would do well to spend MORE on marketing and advertising - especially as competition heats up - see my previous response.

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