最佳與最差：硅谷科技初創公司CEO評點2013

特里普?阿德勒

CEO，在線文檔分享平臺Scribd

公司業務：數字文檔庫和圖書訂閱服務

最佳：人人參與創業的總體趨勢有所降溫，這是好事。人們開始關注更長期的目標。人們更專注于商業模式，關注打造長期業務，天花亂墜的宣傳變少了。 從硅谷的繁榮一面可以看出，今年是泡沫年。你在舊金山就能感覺到硅谷有多么瘋狂。

最差：或許與前面的最佳一樣？（[輕笑。）人們很容易就能得到天使投資，這非常荒謬。這也是現在為什么會有那么多公司出現。去年我注意到，這個區域正變得日益擁擠。交通量日益增加。感覺像是1999年。不過與此同時，也有許多優秀的公司在這里誕生。

Trip Adler

CEO, Scribd

The company's 411: A digital documents library and books subscription service.

Best: The whole trend of everyone starting their own company is cooling off a little bit, which has been nice. People are getting more long-term focused. They're more focused on business models and building long-term businesses and less so hype. It's been a pretty frothy year in terms of Silicon Valley booming. You can just feel in San Francisco how crazy it is.

Worst: Maybe the same as my high point? [Chuckles.] It was a little bit ridiculous how easy it was to get angel funding. So there were just so many companies. One thing I've really noticed in the last year or so is the crowdedness of the area. The traffic has picked up a lot. It almost feels like 1999 in that sense, but at the same time, there are a lot of good businesses being built.