[smokel]

I'm afraid that is a matter of perspective. This snapshot is from 2007 and the "dot com bubble" burst somewhere around the year 2000.

I still see a lot of cool ideas (healthcare, robots, thought organizers) and a lot of ideas that are definitely not going to make any money :)

[codingdave]

There have always been both. But it has definitely changed. In ye olden days, the general vibe I felt and heard was, "I want to build something new and exciting and maybe it will become big." I still hear that today, but I hear a lot more of, : "I want a big exit, so I need to build something big, so I need to come up with an idea."