Lipman: Consumer tech startups face high bubble risk due to premature scaling
Brandon Lipman · 20 VC 029: The Potential Upside To A Technology Bubble with TechCrunch's Brandon Lipman · Apr 20, 2015 · at 12:44
Brandon Lipman, TechCrunch contributor, evaluates sectors most vulnerable to a potential market correction in early 2015.
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“I see consumer tech as an area where, I mean, from a service level, I see there being a potential fluctuation or a difficulty because a lot of these consumer tech startups are starting or making assumptions too early and potentially not having the product market fit that they think they have, and we could see some of that to, you know, dwindle out when, if a tech bubble would exist.”
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