Every similarity between today and the tech bubble does not necessarily indicate we're doomed for a bust. There are self-congratulatory articles in nearly every industry (economics, sports, politics, etc), but that doesn't mean you're on the tail end of a bubble.
This article also gave me an eery 'deja vu' feeling, even though PayPal is not a startup anymore.
I would also consider it a bad omen having it featured on CNN and Fortune.
Well...some of them are creating very valuable, tangible services. SpaceX is an obvious candidate, Sequoia is obviously doing very valuable things, Tesla Motors are successful outside of the ephemeral social networking world...
I actually think it looks like these guys have incredible talents for creating value. Some of it could be foam, but most of it isn't.
GIVE ME A BREAK.
Articles like this make me think that the latest tech boom is already over. This is just a trailing indicator.