Silicon Valley braces itself for a fall: 'There'll be a lot of blood'

Wannabe entrepreneurs are still piling in to San Francisco, but there's a sense that time is running out on the exuberant startup world

A sharply dressed French investor is leaning against a doorway, arms folded and his expression slightly bemused. Philippe Suchet is considering the latest raft of hopeful new technology entrepreneurs that have presented at 500 Startups - a major hothouse for up-and-coming Silicon Valley talent.

There's no shortage of enthusiasm and ideas in the valley, but Suchet is sceptical.