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By: Omer Perchik

Omer Perchik — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:13:42 +0000

couldn’t agree more.
Times of recession is brings gr8 opportunities for entrepreneurs. Now, when the market is under a huge panic attack its easier to gain market share, cut expenses and hire the best staff

By: taha

taha — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:53:50 +0000

the economics downfall may very well cut off investments but is healthy for competition in a way that people would strive to run there business.

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:09:15 +0000

How about dung beetles then? We can learn a few lessons from them!
http://in.youtu...h?v=0oQCyBAixEc

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:00:46 +0000

And if you don’t want to be a cockroach, why not try being a dung beetle?
Check out http://in.youtu...h?v=0oQCyBAixEc

By: CockroachLocator.com

CockroachLocator.com — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:54:39 +0000

Hi.

By: Web 2.0 Bubble

Web 2.0 Bubble — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:19:33 +0000

This is nothing to do with being negative or positive. This is about being realistic and practical. This is a business model. You can keep fantasizing about startups that have no business model and no way of making money. Someday, it will turn into a nightmare.

By: Josh Smith

Josh Smith — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:00:18 +0000

Perhaps will see start ups that actually make a profit on revenue versus on the sale of the company.

By: Wade

Wade — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:42:57 +0000

@Jennings you’re right to pound sales, but Graham’s advice is really just this:

STFU about the economy and work on your startup. if you have an real idea, build it. if you’ve built something, get sales.

the bottom line is that if buyers are scarce because of a real or perceived recession, that’s outside your control. You do control costs, so manage them down.

if you’re rocking your sales numbers, then great… spend all you like. it’s not an excuse to not focus on sales. the name of the game is cash flow not market share.

those who run out of cash will be sitting a bar say, “yeah, I used to be in tech… tough racket…”

By: Joel Strellner

Joel Strellner — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:37:01 +0000

Where’s CockroachLocator.com?

By: Neyma Jahansooz

Neyma Jahansooz — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:03:54 +0000

Well said.

By: Neyma Jahansooz

Neyma Jahansooz — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:01:36 +0000

Well thats because it is a parked landing page – we have not yet opened our beta.

By: Gebadia Smith

Gebadia Smith — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:56:30 +0000

It likely is not the best idea to stand on a soap box and say look at me. I understand you are excited about your website but a lot of people who had jobs two weeks ago are faced with the harsh reality of not having a job this week. If you have a family to feed that is hard.

It is great you reduced your engineering cost but don’t brag about it. Remember who your market is. Be respectful of the problems of that market.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:52:27 +0000

Great article. This is what I’ve been telling everyone for a while now. They tell me I’m crazy for starting a mortgage company when no-one can get a mortgage right now.

But if I can make it work during the lean time, then I can make it work good when the economy turns around.

Plus, you should see the costs of AdWords right now. Prices have tumbled as all my competitors have gone out of business.

- Charles
http://www.best...agedeals.co.uk/

By: Gebadia Smith

Gebadia Smith — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:43:22 +0000

lol I know. Like this is news. The world ended a couple weeks ago, lets move on. All this does is change the rules. You panic for 5 minutes. You breath, maybe watch some stupid TV show and then you get back to work, adapting to the new reality.

It not rocket science. We are people, we survive. It is what we do.

By: Maximus

Maximus — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:42:14 +0000

Hmm. Yup. Your website looks like one of those spammy parked domains. Good luck with the cheap hires.

By: Thomas Schulze

Thomas Schulze — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:12:02 +0000

thats true. Cut costs as much as you can and stay focused. We just reduced headcount by 50%.
Thomas from http://www.Spirofrog.de

By: Justin Berry

Justin Berry — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:47:34 +0000

Just started working for a startup e-tailer. Reassuring to know that there is still hope for us yet. ha

By: Web2.0FD_Company

Web2.0FD_Company — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:41:35 +0000

Great Advice…

By: Steve Kleine

Steve Kleine — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:27:51 +0000

It was also the time Inktomi went bust and Sales.com was absorbed back into Siebel. All four companies were spending money, but the superior technology won out. These days a start-up needs to be lean and mean, but also be the best product in a market with high growth potential (i.e. something people want). We are helping by offering programs that include PR, blogger relations and new media marketing strategies starting at around a couple grand a month, sometimes less. We find the most efficient way to reach your audience and focus on that. No fluff.