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Should Founders Still Raise in an Economic Downturn?

Dream It

Jason sat down with Steve Barsh , Managing Partner of Dreamit, to give founders relevant downturn strategies. 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 fact, Jason started investing during the financial crisis. Again, survival is key.

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The Benefits of Starting a Business During a Recession

StartupNation

Induced by a pandemic and unprecedented state responses, it is even worse than the last international period of economic decline witnessed in 2008. During the period of economic turbulence in 2008, I formed my technology consultancy firm, ROCK. For most, 2008 was a time to avoid risk.

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Building Business Community: Focus on Cooperation, Not Competition

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Knowing everything I’ve gained, I think that the main enemies of any business are: A wrong strategy: Sometimes, entrepreneurs pay too much attention to competitors’ strategies and try to create “something different” instead of focusing on their own vision. At other times, they just copy someone else’s strategy and try to implement it.

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Asset Management Is a Peculiar Industry Ripe for Disruption

David Teten VC

However, few investors can directly impact the value of the underlying asset, except for private equity and venture capital investors with portfolio acceleration strategies. Rolling ten-year returns have steadily declined across hedge fund strategies. The scope of the liquidity infusion has been massive even by the 2008 standard.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

Both Sides of the Table

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. Hamet came up with this idea after 3 years consulting for Nielsen Media helping them to figure out the value of branded integration and trying to define ways to measure efficacy of the unit. Hamet is an extension of this strategy.

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Birdzeye’s Norlock is Helping Minority Owned Businesses Gain Equal Access to North American Retail…

Jason Malki

He specializes in Identifying new lucrative markets, implementing and developing creative strategies, and fun-damental relationship building which have been pivotal in launching new products and guiding companies toward new revenue heights. While managing Sales + Strategy over the last 5.5 global revenue.

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20 Women Entrepreneurs Changing Their Industries (and the World)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

What would happen if companies offered flexibility to their employees, backed by data and scalable strategies? A classically trained pastry chef, Christina Tosi spent years in New York City restaurants before founding Milk Bar in 2008. Written for EO by Michael Neidert, a writer and consultant. . Christina Tosi / Milk Bar.