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by pmchiu 5628 days ago
"The promising thing is that companies like Groupon, Facebook, and Zynga are already making money, whereas early dot-coms were just a promise to make money."

And this statement neatly wraps up why we have a second tech bubble. Because average investors still don't understand the risks inherent in new companies they will anchor off of something familiar (revenue) instead of really diving into the business fundamentals.