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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/florida_real_estate-for-sale.jpg?w=300&h=300" />Fred Wilson, the prominent New York venture capitalist, declared last week that warnings <a href="http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/11/storm-clouds.html">signs of a dangerously overheated market were building in the world of tech investing</a>.</p>
<p>Prominent VC voices weighed in, for the most part seconding Wilson's assessment, touting their own credentials as far-sighted naysayers and amplifying the alarm.</p>
<p>Case in point, Mark Suster, who today wrote a post for his popular VC blog, Both Sides of the Table, with a headline that compared <a href="http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/11/14/what-angel-investing-florida-condos-have-in-common/">angel investors in tech to investors in Florida's real estate bubble, </a>which Suster had the foresight to avoid.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It's an extreme analogy, perhaps intended only as an attention getter, but out of step with what Suster wrote just a few months ago. Over the summer, <a href="http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/08/12/my-chat-with-dan-primack-of-pehub/">in a conversation with Dan Primack</a>, Suster wrote that, "I actually think there is a small bubble going on in seed/angel rounds. Prices are creeping up and angels are feeling bullish." That's a far cry from the get rich quick mania that characterized the condo flipping at the height of the Florida's housing bubble.</p>
<p>There is no question that valuations for tech startups are getting out of whack (<a href="http://pulse2.com/2010/11/11/picplz-raises-5-million/">$5 million for a two month old photo sharing app?</a>). At the same time, the flood of angels entering the tech market is making it a lot harder for traditional VCs to find sweet, early stage deals. Valuations may be extremely bullish these days, but take these VCs' dire warnings with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>bpopper [at] observer.com</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/benpopper/">@benpopper</a></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/florida_real_estate-for-sale.jpg?w=300&h=300" />Fred Wilson, the prominent New York venture capitalist, declared last week that warnings <a href="http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/11/storm-clouds.html">signs of a dangerously overheated market were building in the world of tech investing</a>.</p>
<p>Prominent VC voices weighed in, for the most part seconding Wilson's assessment, touting their own credentials as far-sighted naysayers and amplifying the alarm.</p>
<p>Case in point, Mark Suster, who today wrote a post for his popular VC blog, Both Sides of the Table, with a headline that compared <a href="http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/11/14/what-angel-investing-florida-condos-have-in-common/">angel investors in tech to investors in Florida's real estate bubble, </a>which Suster had the foresight to avoid.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It's an extreme analogy, perhaps intended only as an attention getter, but out of step with what Suster wrote just a few months ago. Over the summer, <a href="http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/08/12/my-chat-with-dan-primack-of-pehub/">in a conversation with Dan Primack</a>, Suster wrote that, "I actually think there is a small bubble going on in seed/angel rounds. Prices are creeping up and angels are feeling bullish." That's a far cry from the get rich quick mania that characterized the condo flipping at the height of the Florida's housing bubble.</p>
<p>There is no question that valuations for tech startups are getting out of whack (<a href="http://pulse2.com/2010/11/11/picplz-raises-5-million/">$5 million for a two month old photo sharing app?</a>). At the same time, the flood of angels entering the tech market is making it a lot harder for traditional VCs to find sweet, early stage deals. Valuations may be extremely bullish these days, but take these VCs' dire warnings with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>bpopper [at] observer.com</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/benpopper/">@benpopper</a></p>
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