Robin Wauters with a testimony "penned by one of the founders of web startup MakeFive, whose Elevator Pitch video we recently highlighted. Eric Karjaluoto is his name, and his must-read blog post is read more » DiscussBury
n a panel moderated by Kara Swisher, Toni Schneider, CEO of Automattic (the company behind WordPress), led off by saying that he wished this kind of "panicky" advice had been around for the last bubble, explaining that his startup at the time didn't react quickly enough to stay afloat. read more » DiscussBury
Mike Sheridan suggests that entrepreneurs need to keep a positive outlook and think innovatively in order to not only stay alive but actually flourish during the economic downturn. read more » DiscussBury
Dave McClure, organizer of the Startonomics conference and an investor in start-ups himself, says he's still investing. He advises entrepreneurs to pay attention to the parts of the economy that have not changed. "People still have to pay their electric bills," he says. Taking trips to Mexico, though: Not so much. He has a partner whose customers are financial institutions, and he's looking to see how or if they'll be able to expand their customer base.
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Marc Andreessen, founder of Ning, offers his thoughts on why serial entrepreneuralism is so popular these days. An interesting read from an insider. read more » DiscussBury
