"The TechCrunch Bubble Index: Parsing Headlines to Quantify Startup Hype"

Here is an excellent quantitative look at the startup bubble, by Todd W. Schneider



A correspondent writes,

The "total amount raised by startups" chart is a classic completed 5 wave impulse up structure with wave 3 up being the biggest by far and itself having a completed 5 wave impulse structure beginning Aug 09 and ending Sept. Oct. 2012.

Remember that in September, Bill Gurley "sounded the alarm" on the startup bubble - except that he essentially said that even he is unable to stop investing and his portfolio companies are unable to spend more conservatively.

Past posts on the startup bubble:

• Paul Graham On "Before the Startup," And The Startup Bubble
• Investing at Random
• Good Article on the Second Dotcom Bubble