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by tuhin 5580 days ago
A 38% decline in number of startups and a 31% increase in investments!

Also the underlying assumption seems to be exponential increase is the only reason for a bubble.

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This was what struck me, it seems to be a fairly clear pointer to a lowering of standards (unless someone can come up with a convincing reason why start ups have suddenly got significantly more viable in the last couple of years).

"This is actually a great time to be a startup founder" - yep, so was 1999, no business plan needed, just a half baked idea and people will start throwing money at you. This is not necessarily a good thing.