Are we in a new "dot-com boom"?

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And Taking Advantage of the "Huge" money making opportunities & possibilities...

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BizGrouper Looks to Help Businesses Find Online Deals...

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While the daily-deal Web site market shows no signs of slowing, the business-to-business deal Web site market is still in its infancy and was born out of what startups see as an unmet need.

Indeed, Miranda said he was driven to start BizGrouper.com after Groupon turned down an offer by his Web development company to get half off Web site design. “Groupon said it doesn’t do b2b stuff,” said Miranda, noting that the interaction served as a catalyst to fill the void in the market place...
http://smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com...s-niche-deals/

Phil

Dien,

I think what we are seeing is what old business has known all along.

"Pioneers take the arrow, settlers take the land."

Even Warren Buffet's strategy is to study the history before you invest.

Those in the 90's were the Pioneers and sure they made a lot of money, but many, too, too many had horrible demises.

Old business knows this and never reacts hurriedly. Even though many criticized their slow motion approach to the Internet.

Old business watches and studies the competition but they also watch and observe the new and see how long it will last.

What we see now is old business as the settlers. They watched the start ups. Tracked their progress. Learned where they went wrong.

They've taken what worked in the short run. Studied why it didn't last. Repackaged it so that it must be part of the buyer's daily life.

It's like watching Proctor & Gamble and how they made us feel if we didn't buy their products and use them.

So the idea or belief there is a different way of doing business than the old way has no validity because good old fashioned business basics always rule the day.

"There is nothing new under the sun"

Almost like One a Day as Predicted...

Long-term... We'll have to see where All these Specialized "Grouponies" Go Revenue wise in the Next few years! ...

Should be interesting... Investment wise etc. etc...

In the Meantime, in Between-time... Spying on Specialty business models, Especially intriguing products & ideas is a Great Learning experience...
http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/28/heartsy-groupon-etsy/

Phil