Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

Having been at the forefront of the dot-com boom, 9/11, and the financial crisis of 2008, Jason knows what it takes to survive this downturn. In general, companies can expect to come out of accelerators at half the valuation they would otherwise have in favorable economic environments. Takeaways Survival is key.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

We have not seen a sharp increase in unemployment — as of May 2022, unemployment was just 3.6%, compared to 5% at the start and 10% at its peak during the 2008 recession — largely due to the tight labor market that emerged from the pandemic and the Great Resignation. In fact, one of our companies had their best quarter on record in Q2.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

You can still finance hopes and dreams, but just with smaller dollars, and you’re generally going to give up a little bit more of your company in terms of dilution during an economic downturn, so I expect that to start happening as well in the next year. Who’s going to have a harder time in this new environment?

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 18, 2015

Both companies demonstrated very volatile sales efficiencies, which are probably more influenced by the macro economic environment than the performance of the sales teams. Both of these business weathered the dot com crash in 2001 and the financial meltdown in 2008.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

internal network) statistics for Bitcoin as well as the macro economic environment. Tax obligations are like hidden leverage: I know someone who sold his business for $10 million in 2008. Dylan LeClair ( @DylanLeClair_ ): Senior Analyst at digital asset fund UTXO Management and expert in on-chain (i.e., and it is much higher.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

2022: The Aftermath In 2022 war, inflation, rising interest rates and a tougher economic environment–one not buoyed by historically low interest rates–brought an end to the long-term bull market in assets (the “everything bubble”), including startup capital. Recovery from the 2008 Great Recession took two years and was relatively weak.

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