This recessionary period ain't messin' around
I got depression-era economics gettin me down
The internet it ain't immune, man, everybody's gettin' screwed
And yeah it's true you know, web two-dot-oh is dead in the ground
VC's drying up, M&A? outta luck
And the rub is you'll be strugglin' if your company s**s
Stuck scratchin your head? You'll be dead in the water
Here's a couple signs that you're gonna get slaughtered:
Your six-month peak was a TechCrunch mention
Your churn rate's deep, you got no retention
You join AdSense and declare success
But your cloud tag's only got one word: “test”
You built a couple widgets and a wiki that scales
And then you paid your people double cause they did it in rails
But, how you doin' in sales? I know it's probably slow, yo
‘Cause I need some aviators just to look at your logo
You got no revenue
Burnin' cash is all you do
You raised your Series A
Twice-preferred, participating
You're throwin staff retreats
Better check your balance sheet
Everyone's convinced
You need business intelligence
See you lata, public beta, do a real release
The whole long tail couldn't even save this piece
Got a social app? Well, it's a disgrace, look
‘Cause Facebook can't even make money on Facebook
You got a podcast, but the point you're missin's
Your vision's so weak, ain't no one listenin'
SecondLife sales? Man, that plan is the worst
I think you shoulda made a dollar in your first life first
Meet-Ups every day, when you go, pros scatter
You're LinkedIn to 500+ but none matter
Tryin' to be distributed, you wanna unbound
But you know nothin' bout computing, get your head out the cloud
Your API's slow, it's a bit too RESTful
Quit tryin' to grow at a clip, was too stressful
Debt breakin' covenants, they're rollin' it back
Yeah you got all of your investor's tryin' to call in a MAC
Not grabbing market share
Market isn't even there
You think you're doin' fine
In stealth mode since ‘99
You're tweeting constantly
LOL @bankruptcy
You don't know SEO
You paid for links but they're nofollowed
Had millions in the bank
Still have no Alexa Rank
Burn out or get acquired
Either way you're gettin' fired
Your angel round is gone
Blew it on a favicon
Everyone's convinced
You need business intelligence
You signed a 10-year lease
I wouldn't give you 10 weeks
You Loved “Who Moved My Cheese?”
Retire, please
Your dedicated server farm is bladed, thats slick
Although you probably woulda made it on an 386
Because your invite-only system, dude it's hurtin', it's flawed
See, all those people you invited ain't returnin' your calls
And it's only 9-to-5ers who surround your scene
Because Adultfriendfinder's where you found your team
Tried to hire talent but you screwed it up, didn'tcha
‘Cause your wanted add said you were hirin' ninjas
Yeah we know we're hypocrites for doin' this song
And then promotin' it by posting on the company blog
But a new day is dawnin', the strong they can sense it
Darwin is comin' to the ‘net with a vengeance
If you're sittin on a winner, yo, you wanna be strapped
So if you want to push it harder, best be trackin' your stats
And I ain't talkin' bout your traffic, man I'm way past that
Wanna fatten up your stacks? Let's chat…
Business Intelligence… (repeat)