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Lycos cofounder explains the difference between this time and the last

Nicholas Carlson — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:20:00 EDT

Search engine Lycos isn't gone, but it is forgotten. It vanished from our collective consciousness not long after making hyped acquisitions of companies like Tripod, Angelfire, and Wired Digital. Cofounder Bob Davis was there to watch it go. Now he's a venture capitalist. The bad news? As the M&A market slows to 2003 levels, Davis tells BoomTown we've already entered the second recession of his career. The good news? It's not going to be nearly so bad as last time. "Today, entrepreneurs and surely VCs are saying, there has to be some sense of metrics, there has to be something."

Watch out for Boise, Idaho

ndouglas — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:14:51 EST

Deep into a podcast with Venture Voice, Tripod founder Bo Peabody (now a VC in Boise) touts his city as an unexpected spot for startups:

Frankly, I think one of the best cities right now for starting a company is Boise, Idaho. There's a big population there, there's five or six Fortune 500 companies there, lots of tech workers. There's capital now with the fund that we have. It's a beautiful place to live and therefore easy to attract other people. The cost of doing business is very low.

We're sure picking Idaho over Silicon Valley is smart — as long as you're very, very lucky.

VV Show #24 - Bo Peabody of Village Ventures [Venture Voice]