What time is it in Silicon Valley? | My First Million Podcast

TL;DR

A blog post titled "What Time Is It in Silicon Valley" describes a recurring hype-cycle clock for tech companies: from initial interest (midnight-1am) through "this will change the world" (6pm) to backlash and hate (7pm), then rebirth. The speakers argue this cycle is universal and historical (e.g.

Key insights

• The clock has phases: midnight-1am (new thing born, "interesting"), 3am (shiny toy everyone plays with and has opinions on), 4-5am (shift to "not just a toy, could be big"), 6pm ("this is going to cha
• The same pattern has occurred historically (e.g., Rockefeller faced anti-billionaire sentiment). It is cyclical, not novel.
• Lambda School followed this: started as a little boot camp, then "going to disrupt universities," then recent negative press – much of which existed earlier but only became visible when the narrative