"The Facebook IPO has reinforced the new calculus for investors. In the past, if you were a great VC, you could make USD100 million on an investment in 5-7 years. Today, social media startups can return 100’s of millions or even billions in less than 3 years.
.... nascent startups are in material science, sensors, robotics, medical devices, life sciences, etc., more and more frequently VCs whose firms
would have looked at these deals or invested in these sectors, are now
only interested in whether it runs on a smart phone or tablet.
If investors have a choice of investing in a blockbuster cancer drug that will pay them nothing for fifteen years or a social media application that can go big in a few years, which do you think they're going to pick?"
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What comes after Social Networking?The Next Big Investment Opportunity on the Internet will be .... Personalization!
Personality Based Recommender Systems and Strict Personality Based Compatibility Matching Engines for serious Online Dating with the normative 16PF5 personality test.
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