Comments on: We live in difficult times – but keep your eyes on the prize

By: More advice on how to cope with the downturn | The Equity Kicker

More advice on how to cope with the downturn | The Equity Kicker — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:53:56 +0000

[...] of advice dispensed recently on what companies should do to cope with the down turn. I posted some thoughts on this last week in response to Sequoia’s advice to their [...]

By: Mukund Mohan

Mukund Mohan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:44:20 +0000

Its a great time to build a differentiated offering that wont have 10000 other clones.

By: Mukund Mohan

Mukund Mohan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:44:00 +0000

Its a great time to build a differentiated offering that wont have 10000 other clones.

By: Taylor Davidson

Taylor Davidson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:18:37 +0000

Less opportunity for the mediocre to ride the bubble, but just as much opportunity for the great. The fact remains that startups are created to solve problems and problems still exist during recessions: in fact economic turbulence creates a multitude of problems to be addressed.

By: Taylor Davidson

Taylor Davidson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:18:00 +0000

By: nic

nic — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:57:33 +0000

I agree Scott.

By: nic

nic — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:57:00 +0000

I agree Scott.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:24:58 +0000

Hi Nic – I’d actually be a little affronted if a VC called me in to point out that I may need to cut costs during the economic meltdown and then follow that up with direction on how to do so. Surely, you’d hope to invest in a team that can see this and do it for themselves?

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:24:00 +0000

By: gregorylent

gregorylent — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:49:33 +0000

the times are fine, the cumulative reactions of humans is the problem