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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

internal network) statistics for Bitcoin as well as the macro economic environment. Kevin Rose ( @kevinrose ): partner at VC firm True Ventures , host of the Modern Finance and Proof podcasts. 6529’s thread on property rights & crypto highlight the need for decentralized finance. and loudest?—?voices voices in crypto.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Now, there’s some extremely capital-intensive businesses where you need buckets of money before that traction is generated, and that becomes harder to finance in downturns. Who’s going to have a harder time in this new environment? It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak.

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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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