October 13th, 2008
How will Silicon Valley startups be affected by a downturn?
Things were tough enough for startups in Silicon Valley before the credit crunch financial crisis because of extremely few exit strategies. There are almost no IPOs, and the M&A market has slowed to a trickle.
The latest Wall Street crisis isn’t helping. Here is a some recent articles about the effect on Silicon Valley startups. . .
Master of 500 Hats: Fear is the Mind Killer of the Silicon Valley Entrepreneur (we must be Muad’Dib, not Clark Kent)
Silicon ValleyWatcher: We’ve been here before - boom and bust in Silicon Valley
New York Times: “Credit Crisis Spreads a Pall Over Silicon Valley”
Sequoia Capital presentation: RIP Good Times
BusinessWeek: “What Will the Crisis Mean for Venture Capital?”
VentureBeat: “How start-ups can navigate through the falling dominoes of the economic crisis”
Content Matters: “How to Survive the Downturn”
/Message: “Jason Calacanis And Thomas Friedman On A Brand New Day”
Tom Foremski reports on the business and culture of Silicon Valley at the intersection of technology and media. He also writes at Silicon Valley Watcher. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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