Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 17, 2022

During the 2008 recession, while everyone else was hanging onto the gunwales of tossing ships, offering bargains, and hoping for a quick end to the pain, a restaurant near our office started remodeling. The following is my advice on how to not just survive, but thrive, during a downturn along with examples of how we’ve used these strategies.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

I heard this in an Entrepreneurs’ Organization Portland chapter monthly learning event with keynote speaker Mark Moses of Make Big Happen in 2008 at the beginning of the Great Recession. We enjoyed the opportunity to get creative with the brand, build a 70-person team and foster a solid company culture around it.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

As a venture investor, I have invested in over 60 companies, and while many have gone public or been acquired, the journey has included pivots, near-death experiences and navigating through the 2008/2009 downturn. Be creative when tightening the belt.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 6, 2020

Others recall the 2008 financial crisis. Kalika Yap , is founder and CEO of both Orange & Bergamot , a creative agency for female founders, and Citrus Studios , a branding and design agency. “You’ve probably never felt anything like this,” Rustand says. But we’ve all dealt with things that felt new and terrible at the time.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2018

There’s the all-important pitch, creative sets, unexpected reactions by five seasoned investors and the possibility of scaling growth fast with a cash infusion and industry connections. My latest company, Hire Santa, started at an employee Christmas party in 2008 where I handed out bonuses dressed as Santa Claus.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 6, 2022

Birdzeye’s Norlock is Helping Minority Owned Businesses Gain Equal Access to North American Retail & eCommerce I had the pleasure of interviewing Trevor Norlock, a Global Consumer Revenue Executive who is passionate about developing new business for creative and dynamic start-up companies. While managing Sales + Strategy over the last 5.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Watson and Bloemker together have founded and built nine real estate finance and technology platforms, including Roofstock, Dwell Finance, Lessen, Azibo and Creative Juice, among others. Ginny Miller serves as a principal and oversees investment strategy and execution. Today, 1Sharpe Ventures has five employees.

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OkDork

JANUARY 27, 2023

Content strategy consulting: When you get good at content remixing and know which type of content performs best on which channels, you can consult creators. Airbnb was made during the 2008 recession, and this is very similar. So be creative. Here’s my number…” This is a perfect recession-proof business. People have more time.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 17, 2022

To the untrained eye, these zombies might have appeared to be alive and well– but they got deaded a long time ago by unsustainable business models and trading strategies. Prior to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, and Lehman Brothers were true investment banks.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I have often thought that creative endeavors where one has a quick turn-around between idea and realization of one’s work as one of the more fulfilling experiences in life. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. There was no money train. It was 1991.

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David Teten VC

OCTOBER 31, 2024

R136 Ventures partners with creative entrepreneurs to help scale their mid-to-late stage startups. Israel, and the UAE, bringing our global network and experience to shape your vision, strategy, execution, and team. We also integrate emerging technologies, particularly AI, into our strategy. Through our partnership with AIx2.AI,

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