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Web 2.0: Floor Wax or Dessert Topping?

Web 2.0: Floor Wax or Dessert Topping?. Dave McClure. Dave McClure Geek, Entrepreneur, Startup Advisor, Angel Investor. Picture. Geeks. Entrepreneurs. Startups. The Internet Revolution, Act II. www.500hats.com. Web 2.0: Floor Wax or Dessert Topping?. Q: What is Web 2.0?

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Web 2.0: Floor Wax or Dessert Topping?

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  1. Web 2.0: Floor Wax or Dessert Topping? Dave McClure

  2. Dave McClureGeek, Entrepreneur, Startup Advisor, Angel Investor Picture Geeks. Entrepreneurs. Startups. The Internet Revolution, Act II. www.500hats.com

  3. Web 2.0: Floor Wax or Dessert Topping? Q: What is Web 2.0? a fantabulous new web paradigm great marketing campaign for new startups a very profitable tech confab like porn: I know it when I see it all of the above

  4. Web 2.0: WTF happened?!? Gorillas: GOOG, YHOO, MSFT, EBAY, AOL, AMZN M&A: Skype, MySpace, Flickr, Del.icio.us Funding: VCs flush, Angels back Frugal: 1.0 biz models, 2.0 mktg budgets LAMPos: Linux, Apache, MySql, Perl/PHP Sizzle: Ajax, Flash, Javascript, IE/Firefox Pipe: >50% broadband, > 80% access Users: YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia Search/AdWords/AdSense: Instant Ads, Instant Customers, Instant Revenue

  5. What Web 2.0 *Looks like* lots of green and blue pastels plug.

  6. What Web 2.0 *IS* (according to Tim O’Reilly)

  7. What Web 2.0 *IS* (according to Peter Forret)

  8. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Web 2.0 Startups Rich User Experience (Ajax, Flash) Mashups (APIs, XML, RSS Feeds) Simplicity -> Incremental Complexity User-Generated Content & Participation Tagging & Ratings Social Networking (Groups) Lots of Blue & Green ‘Web as Platform’

  9. DMC’s Crazy Web 2.0 Predictions* Lots of cool new Web 2.0 startups, but… soon, lots of little Web 2.0 flameouts too A few big deals, a bunch of small deals Google gets stronger, more arrogant, more… Microsoft-ish Microsoft buys Amazon, Yahoo, or eBay? eBay/Yahoo merge? NewsCorp/Fox/MySpace becomes a player More competition = customers & developers win  * please don’t try this at home folks, I’m an “expert” *

  10. Thanks for Playing  My Contact Info, Website, & Blog: Dave McClure dave [AT] 500hats.com http://www.500hats.com/ http://500hats.typepad.com/ Other wacky ideas by Dave: Top 10 Rules for Vertical Revolutionaries http://500hats.typepad.com/files/top10rules_vertical.ppt Top 10 Reasons Web 2.0 is Like Disco http://blog.simplyhired.com/archives/2006/01/top_10_reasons_1.php

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