Me-too, In-Fashion Investing Fueling A Social Media Bubble

John Steuart

I was struck recently by a piece in The Wall Street Journal by Pui-Wing TamThe $1 Billion Club Gets Crowded, which highlights the amusing rate at which closely held, private US companies in the social media sector are garnering $1 billion-plus valuations. With 20 companies already fetching a 10-figure price tag— 15 of them since the beginning of last year— the bubble has swelled quickly. Even during the dot-com boom of the 1990's, just 18 such start-ups were valued at $1 billion or more, as cited by Dow Jones Venture source.

Much of the “tulip mania” behavior creating the current bubble-effect is driven by copycats, uninformed late-stage investors, and, unfortunately, public market investors looking to find the next big hit among in-fashion Web companies.

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  1. I believe that is among the most important info for me. And i’m happy studying your article. But want to observation on few basic issues, The website style is wonderful, the articles is really excellent : D. Good process, cheers

  2. D. – Thank you for the comment. With FB stock bouncing back 30% in recent days, the miscues of Morgan Stanley, NASDAQ, and Facebook’s board may soon be forgotten. The Bubble rally in social media
    may get an extended run. Be ready to have a seat in you hand when the music stops. One day, it will.