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- williamsba, on 12/05/2007, -1/+81best line:
"launch party, nicely dressed, what’s the use, sausage fest" - zolaar, on 12/05/2007, -1/+64It just occurred to me: Facebook has the same market value as Ford!?
Ford *makes* things. Out of, you know, *metal* and stuff. What does Facebook make?
I work in the Silicon Valley, for a startup, and while watching this I found myself wondering when it was that I last updated my CV... - cjmcqueen, on 12/05/2007, -3/+52It's funny because it's true...
- Bensign, on 12/05/2007, -0/+34This is my life. Work for a start up in Palo Alto. I think I'm the engineer getting a fraction of a fraction of the money.
- jtbandes, on 12/05/2007, -0/+33brb, childbirth.
- nobody2k, on 12/05/2007, -2/+29"How This Kid Made $60 Million In 18 Months" included, fair enough.
- jennmae, on 12/05/2007, -2/+25blog even if you're wrong
won't you blog about this song?
Love it - laterthandawn, on 12/05/2007, -3/+25I don't have much to add here...that pretty much covered it all. Frickin' brilliant.
- willis77, on 12/05/2007, -0/+21All the coolest babies twitter in the womb
- pelman, on 12/05/2007, -1/+21diggg.com and digggg.com are both token already. But diggggg.com IS available. Go ahead you can have it.
- dn11, on 12/05/2007, -1/+21funny video, but call me crazy, i don't think it's totally true - i've never believed this bubble is the same as the web 1.0 bubble. social networking BS has simply become a part of the culture now - for a whole generation it has become the default form of communication. Calling web 2.0 a bubble is like calling the telephone or the TV a bubble. and do you really think that kids are suddenly going to stop making and or viewing stupid videos of themselves punching each other in the nuts - no, the art form of nut punching will propagate and evolve to whole new levels with millions more potential viewers. yeah, companies are way over valued now - many of of the small crazy ideas startups, and even some of the massive ones will fail (cough facebook) and there will be perhaps huge market corrections. the kids are always going to be looking for the new cool, but overall I don't see the cash flow suddenly stopping as long as their is a huge market of eyeballs increasingly glued to their computers and cell phones for an ever larger portion of their waking hours.
- JimmyDushku, on 12/05/2007, -0/+18New idea 'Bublr' let's track bubbles. Need investors now. Business plan is.... (finish this)
- arcooke, on 12/05/2007, -0/+16If someone hasn't noticed their typo by that point.. all hope is lost.
- fuzzmeister, on 12/05/2007, -1/+15To be fair, Facebook isn't actually valued at $15 billion officially, Microsoft just invested in them at a rate which would be $15 billion if they had bought 100% of the stock. (Any MBA's want to clear that up?)
- nobody2k, on 12/05/2007, -0/+12And sad for the same reason.
- Yodacola, on 12/05/2007, -0/+12Web 2.0 startups are a lot more responsible with VC than the Web 1.0 startups. Most Web 1.0 startups spent the cash on stupid things, like extravagant parties and fancy cars. Digg's Kevin Rose: not even a new sofa.
- Golov, on 12/05/2007, -0/+9Ford is over $160,000,000,000 in debt though. $160 friggin billion.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2005/may/13/mot ... (and that's in 2005) - ShogunWarPig, on 12/05/2007, -0/+9I love it when youtube has good content.
- Culled, on 12/05/2007, -0/+8Yes, but if you actually read the article in that issue of BusinessWeek they got $60 million based on how much they thought Digg was worth at the time and how much of Digg Kevin owns. Now since Digg hasn't actually been sold yet (despite constant rumors) the only real cashy money Kevin has made from Digg is his salary which I'm sure doesn't add up to anywhere near $60 million.
Now the question is do you believe Kevin Rose really has $60 million? Ever heard of a bubble (you know what this video was suggesting). Honestly, people like you really believe that Facebook is worth $15 billion. - Culled, on 12/05/2007, -0/+8Even Kevin said that was B.S.
- EvaMonkey01, on 12/05/2007, -1/+92 songs that parody the internet in as many months, by using the same song... and they are both funny.
- HerrEisenheim, on 12/05/2007, -1/+9It is a bubble. Telephones and TVs were never loss generating industries. You didn't' say, "Hey, let's just give [insert good or service here] away for free. We'll figure out how to make money off them later." That's what's happening in the Web 2.0 world. Half of the web 2.0 sites don't even make any money. Something like YouTube sells for $1.6B and generates losses. They are only now, with the new ad scheme, going to start trying to monetize their asset.
Facebook has generated losses for the last three years. Only now they are *expected* to make a profit, and that profit is estimated to be on the order of $25m... and yet the company has a supposed value of $15B. If that isn't a bubble, I don't know what is. - nobody2k, on 12/05/2007, -1/+8What does Google make...? Not a smart point.
- Bobpaulson, on 12/05/2007, -0/+6Good song, but all I could think about was "Ryan started the fire."
- themastersb, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5Ryan started the fire!
- Culled, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5Here it is, sorry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uSlqI1AVUk
- sacxnz, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5I wouldn't get too worried about the comparison, Ford also managed to lose 12.7 billion last year and has more debt than Africa wtg!
- ma11man, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5This song is going places.
- kiegh, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5After this video was done on YouTube, I literally said the three following things in my head: Favorited, 5 stars, and dugg. Best music video spoof since the one about popular Hollywood tweens & Brittany Spears which I can't remember for the life of me and really don't want to even try to remember since my head is full of so much awesomeness and Billy Joel.
- merreborn, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4It was even less official than that. The $15 billion number was totally meaningless.
Microsoft paid what they paid for a small chunk of facebook *and* an exclusive advertising deal. Ignoring the "advertising deal" part of the equation and multiplying the amount MS paid is absurd. - Kajico, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3Argh, this thing is catchy, it's already in my head. Good video though, and it's a good reminder about how grateful I am that I'm not working for another start up trading in my checks for stocks. I'm never going through that again.
- MunkeeBoy, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3Dugg for epic bubble effect
- fullphaser, on 12/05/2007, -1/+4Brilliant and cheery, I really can't wait for this buzzword bubble to burst.
- coolian, on 12/06/2007, -0/+3Just because a product is not tangible does not mean it is not valuable. If you only think that companies that "make things" are valuable, then are ALL software-based companies around the world - Google, Yahoo!, Digg, Facebook etc - worthless in your book?
- Scaryclouds, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3I hate it because it is so true...
- shoesterix, on 12/05/2007, -1/+3Webvan??? Big dreams!
- dojonz, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2My new venture, I shall name it Gamblr.
- Dunhamzzz, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2t'other?
- EvaMonkey01, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2Internet Stars are Viral
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mi_XEAA9X6c - Culled, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2Mind if I ask what your point is?
- dn11, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1As for Facebook - MS also believes that Windows Visa "Ultimate" is worth $260 a pop.... As for Youtube - I think it will prove to be a bargain in the end
- grungemusic3001, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1when the bubble bursts, I'm gonna short sell
- inactive, on 12/06/2007, -0/+1LOLz!
- succubuskiller, on 12/07/2007, -0/+1Social Network Formula:
((MySpace | FaceBook) +/- features) ! = Revolutionary
I think the VCs call it the me too. Basically take existing great idea and put a slight spin. I am not putting down the idea since I have no idea what it is, but everyone and their brother wants to make a Social Network/News/Video Sharing site thinking they are going to make billions. That is when the bubble forms. - succubuskiller, on 12/07/2007, -0/+1That seems to be the pattern in general for some of the very successful people. Max Levchin, guy who started PayPal now Slide.com - didn't even live in his new house after he bought it for more than 1 year, Zuckerberg was living in apartment with just a bed pretty much, Warren Buffet lives in the same house he grew up in. Passion keeps you running.
- Syujinkou, on 12/05/2007, -3/+4Good companies create value for their customers. I am pretty sure Facebook creates a lot more value than Ford for many people.
- lolmax, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1you might want to check out the social networking climate...theres some, uh, big players to contend with
- dwninjungleland, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1*pop*
- merreborn, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1"Calling web 2.0 a bubble is like calling the telephone or the TV a bubble"
Solid point
"the art form of nut punching will propagate and evolve to whole new levels"
Nut punching has limited intrinsic value. It can only go so far. And if crap like that becomes mainstream entertainment, then our culture has taken a step backward. There is such a thing as art with real value, and nut punching does not qualify. -
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