I recognize that I showed up late to the Web 2.0 party. I launched my blog only about 32 days ago. That said, without understanding all that has been going on, I like to think my wait was somewhat strategic (see my post about choosing to blog for the Know More Media network).
I just read on Mark Evans's blog that Six Apart, the company that produces the Movable Type software that I'm using to post this blog, just raised $12 million at a pre-money valuation of $80 million. (See Tim Stay's post.)
Whether or not that it is a fair valuation, it marks a real maturing of the Web 2.0 economy. The new Internet is changing radically and changing the way we do business.
Although I was late to the blog party, I was on time with LinkedIn, another example of Web 2.0 development and its impact on our economy. I joined LinkedIn about two years ago.
Dennis Wood of vSpring recently wrote an article for Connect magazine about Linked In and Paul Allen posted a blog about his longstanding endorsement of the service. I'll never forget that I received several LinkedIn invitations before I accepted one from Nick Efstratis at Wasatch Ventures.
One footnote on LinkedIn, I think it is important to make sure that you really have a legitimate relationship with people you add to your LinkedIn network.
Anyway, if you're new to web 2.0, welcome to the party. If not, thanks for having me!
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