The consumer technology startup world is largely insulated from most happenings in public financial markets. That seemed to change this week. Facebook's stock has taken a real beating on the NASDAQ after its $100b IPO just a few months ago. At the same time, the second-most popular network, Twitter, continues on a path to lock-in users with new features as it primes itself to increase revenue. Typically, these kind of events wouldn't really impact the very early-stages in consumer-facing startups...that is, until now. There is unquestionably a trickle down effect this time around, one that is imparting some sobering lessons. However, upon closer examination, the fear that has spread from public markets to startups is probably more of an overreaction and more likely a response to volatility and overall market uncertainty. And it is up to the ecosystem to respond.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/H7WPB4g-V6Q/
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