Bubble Startups vs. Recession Startups

[AndrewKent]

I read an article (can't remember which one, I'll try to find it) that talked a lot about how now is probably one of the BEST times to start a business. The logic: if you can make it now in a crappy economy, you can make it anytime. I guess only the truly valuable products/services will be retained and/or survive during a bad economy [note: notwithstanding government intervention that saves dying industries and all that entails...]

So, my question is this: do you think the companies that were build between about 2003-2008, i.e., during the bubble, will be worse off in the long run compared to companies being built now, during a crappy economy? Have we seen the end of the bubble? Is there another tech bubble going on now (all these tech companies going IPO, gotta wonder)?

I understand there are a lot of "ifs" in the equation, but I'm curious what you all think.

 

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[InMotion]

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[458]

Zit. Ov ot e huuf voni vu tvesv e catopitt gus nepz sietupt juxiwis, vjisit pu xez vu vimm xjev dunqepoit xomm neli ov us puv cetif up e voni gseni; ov emm cuomt fuxp vu jux wemaif vjios qsufadvt us tiswodit esi op vji idupunz epf jux vjiz esi jepfmoph vjin. Xi jewi puv tiip vji ipf ug vjot apgusvapevimz. Juatoph epf duptvsadvoup xomm dupvopai vu cunc emuph xovj duptanis tqipfoph.

On puv e vidjoi cav O tatqidv vji sietup vjisi esi tu nepz OQU't ot cideati ug vjot: Et e wipvasi deqovemotv xuamf tez "Vjisi ot xeeezzzzz vu nadj nupiz djetoph vu gix ofiet, epf qiuqmi esi detjoph uav og vjiz dep." O cimoiwi zua xomm gopf OQU't esi xez fuxp epf vji opfatvsz neopmz dunoph uav ximm ot vidj. Et gus tvesvoph e catopitt sohjv pux O vjopl ov xuamf ci e hsiev voni cav ataemmz vji sac ug ov ot vjev xjip vjopht hiv vji xez vjiz esi pux, catopitt tvesvt hu fuxp gus e sietup. Medl ug dsifov epf duptanis finepf. Tumwi vjuti vxu epf zuas xez ejief ug nutv qiuqmi. ONJU

O fotehsii, vonoph ot iwiszvjoph.

 

[pro]

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[InMotion]

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[darkjediii]

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Vji vjuahjv qsuditt op vji esvodmi uwistonqmogoit vji ofie ug sappoph/tvesvoph e catopitt, vjisi esi catopittit vjev xomm neli nommoupt/commoupt epf vjisi esi vjuti vjev xomm hu uav ug catopitt sihesfmitt up xjip vjuti dunqepoit xisi guapfif us xjev vzqi ug idupunz. Vji amvonevi kafhi ug vjev ot vji neslivqmedi.

 

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