Where's the next new thing in Silicon Valley?

Excellent article by Jeff Nolan, an ex-VC, writing in SandHill.com on venture capital investments and locating the next big thing. Incrementalism and “The New New Thing” - With all the venture capital moving around in the Silicon Valley, where is the real innovation? He makes many good points especially that there is a lot of money flowing into companies that only offer incremental improvements over what is already available. The situation may leave the technology industry in another downward spiral if none of the “incremental” ventures hit it big and no other genuine innovation appears soon. Incremental innovation just won’t cut it. In my opinion innovation has to be disruptive otherwise it won’t succeed, because there is little incentive to…

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