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10 Reasons To Start A Company In An Economic Downturn

InfoChachkie

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. At the end of the period studied, 94.5% People are free or cheap because of the recession.

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David S. Rose – Father of Angel Investing in New York

Startup Professionals Musings

The fifth one was a high-buzz, high-tech play with lots of big-name angels, and we eventually brought in a rock star CEO and a major VC followed us in with many millions. My fourth investment, and the first one I led, was into a mobile applications company, which was also ahead of its time and never truly understood its market.

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