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Business 2.0 Takes The Lead On Web 2.0

I just got the latest issue of Business 2.0. It’s the March edition with the cover story: The Entrepreneur’s Guide To The Galaxy.
Within this issue is also a feature called The Next Net 25. Business 2.0 is calling Web 2.0 “the next net,” and features companies that are making their collaborative, open source and consumer generated businesses a raging success (or soon-to-be success).
This is an interesting time for online companies. The VC money is back, people are still leery because of the last Internet bubble and the technology is much better. Prop that against the reality that technology is a lot more accessible and we’re approaching critical mass of online broadband users where strong economies exist.
While I’ve played around with a lot of the companies listed in Business 2.0 The Next Net 25, and I have no doubt that money will be thrown around to see if these companies are the next Google. I’m also interested to see how companies that are community driven (think MySpace) compete versus their founding fathers (think Geocities).
You can read the full article for yourself here: Business 2.0 Magazine – The Next Net 25.
One final question: did they miss anybody? Who’s hot as a Next Net or a Web 2.0 platform that isn’t – but should – be getting publicity?
Update: Interesting BusinessWeek article: The Net’s New Age – Technology that aims to revolutionize how surfers use the Web is fueling a new wave of Internet investment and challenging established media.

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.