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AWS is nearly certain to reach $100B in annual revenue
“And I think it's a near certainty Amazon's gonna do a hundred billion in revenue in AWS.”
Peter Fenton Mar 18, 2016 ▶ 24:47 A Fireside Chat with Benchmark General Partner Peter Fenton (Data Driven NYC / FirstMark)
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Startup valuation correction will be a long tail, not a crash
“This is not like, 99 to 2001, where it went like that. I think it's much more of a long tail”
Peter Fenton Mar 18, 2016 ▶ 36:29 A Fireside Chat with Benchmark General Partner Peter Fenton (Data Driven NYC / FirstMark)
Prediction Held up
Wins from top unicorns will overwhelm broader ecosystem losses
“The overwhelming positives of a few of the companies in this unicorn ecosystem will overwhelm the losses”
Peter Fenton Mar 18, 2016 ▶ 36:42 A Fireside Chat with Benchmark General Partner Peter Fenton (Data Driven NYC / FirstMark)
Prediction Not checkable as stated
The tech ecosystem is entering a cycle with less promotional BS
“I think we're moving into a cycle where it's gonna be refreshingly you know, I don't wanna say the promoters are gone, it's sort of the nature of industry, but it'll be a lot, there'll be a lot less of that kind of BS, and I think it'll make the whole ecosyste…”
Peter Fenton Mar 18, 2016 ▶ 48:56 A Fireside Chat with Benchmark General Partner Peter Fenton (Data Driven NYC / FirstMark)
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