Web 2.0 Explorer

Web 2.0 a murderer? Hey, peace man!

Web 2.0 has had a tough couple of weeks, since the excitement and prestige of the Web 2.

October 25, 2005 by Richard MacManus

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I want my Internet TV

I've received a lot of emails in response to my search for disruptive Web 2.0 start-ups.

October 24, 2005 by Richard MacManus

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Disruptive start-ups: Some contenders

I got a pretty good email response from my post yesterday, in which I invited people to tell me about their disruptive start-ups. I'm not sure that many of them truly qualify as disruptive though. I'm looking for NEW NEW things, in the immortal words of Michael Lewis. Products or services that will literally disrupt an existing market, or create a totally new market.

October 20, 2005 by Richard MacManus

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The Great Disruptive Start-Ups Search, Part 1

My post from yesterday, wondering where are the disruptive start-ups in Web 2.0, caught the attention of a number of people. So I'm going to continue my search for disruptive start-ups here on ZDNet and see what comes up.

October 19, 2005 by Richard MacManus

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Where are the disruptive start-ups in Web 2.0?

Umair Haque thinks Web 2.0 economics is causing start-ups to focus more on getting acquired than creating real innovation.

October 18, 2005 by Richard MacManus

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The Entrepreneur Bubble and How to Survive it

VC Peter Rip's latest post is about what he terms an "Entrepreneur Bubble". He says there are a lot of talented developers currently founding Internet companies - due to inexpensive computing resources, lots of VC money in the space, and a shared excitement over the Web 2.

October 17, 2005 by Richard MacManus

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Big Internet and Media companies eye Web 2.0

There's a lot of jockeying for position among the big Internet and media companies these days. David Berlind suggests there are two main camps developing: Microsoft/Yahoo/Real vs.

October 13, 2005 by Richard MacManus

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