I think this is where hacker-built businesses have a unique opportunity. They're well versed with the development grind. Though the media company grind is very different, mainly through the necessary inclusion of many more people involved, hackers know how to overcome a bug and solve problems. Since the problem is on their end (the grind) as opposed to external forces (a bubble) these businesses have more of a fighting chance then the dot com companies that dried up quickly and painfully.
Hacker-built businesses still have the grind of acquiring customers, getting traction, growing revenue, etc. All businesses are subject to external forces.
It goes without saying that all business endeavors will have problems being for-profit institutions. What I meant with the post before was that given the normal wear of growing a business and doing the same while including the web1.0 bubble, I'll take the costs of doing business alone without the macroeconomic cloud.
