No the <i>social</i> gold rush is gone.  Everybody who wishes to get online is online already with <i>something</i> and you have displace that.<p>And &quot;gold rush&quot; is a good term--&quot;land grab&quot; might be better.  The fact that the &quot;disruptive&quot; companies are all now skirting or outright flouting the law shows that the easy land is taken.<p>If it&#x27;s highly profitable, it&#x27;s either illegal or difficult.  Easy and profitable means that, even if you&#x27;re first, the horde is inbound.<p>Those of us with real products that can&#x27;t simply be done with 4 20-year-olds and a dog in Ukraine?  We&#x27;re chugging along, thanks.<p>Yeah, raising money is getting <i>really</i> annoying, but, if we can&#x27;t, we&#x27;ll bootstrap.  Funny that, bootstrapping is an option when people pay you money.<p>And, do remember, the people who made all the money in the gold rush weren&#x27;t the miners, it was the people who sold shovels and alcohol.