Guest Post: Happy Holidays, Mercenaries! Love, The Idealists

December 30, 2008 at 12:02 am PT

The year is nearly over, and anyone who has walked through the snow has had a moment to reflect on whether he has made the world a better place.

After three months of blood-letting-money-scrabbling-self-flagellation, few of us have the heart to ask that question aloud. Making the world better was once what every entrepreneur talked about at every opportunity. But now the Segway-riding idealists who ushered in Web 2.0 are in retreat, and the hard-nosed mercenaries are chasing after us.

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Tagged with: Glenn Kelman, Redfin, Segway, TechFlash, Web 2.0

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