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Re: I’ve Got Good News and Bad News

Justin Siegel — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:23:02 -0000

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Re: I’ve Got Good News and Bad News

Ted Shelton — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:05:22 -0000

While I think the Sequoia deck was great, I think the main message gets lost in a lot of the noise. The slide to pay the most attention to is number 46 - specifically the slidebar between "preserve capital" and "grab share" and slide number 49 "survival of the quickest."

At different moments in the tech cycle we see different opportunities and risks. During good times there is a risk to a good company/product/idea that a faster moving competitor will grab market share - so it makes sense to spend a lot to get there first.

But the next two years will be a great time to build a business if your focus is on preserving capital and getting to revenue so that you can manage your business to break-even. 2000-2001 wasn't a time to fold, it was a time to place smaller bets and ride out the bad news. So it will be from 2009-2011.

Re: I’ve Got Good News and Bad News

Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:24:09 -0000

Shuffling around is an apt phrase. A lot of folks are getting to work on their own ideas for a change.

One thing I didn't go into great detail of was the calibre of the ideas, which also seems to be markedly better. Perhaps the product of experienced folks re-entering the market?

Re: I’ve Got Good News and Bad News

Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:18:24 -0000

I still get a lot of pitches from PR folks, but most of the PR pitched stories come from folks I know (either from phone calls or IM). The uptick is mostly coming from people without PR representation so far.

Re: I’ve Got Good News and Bad News

StarvingEntrepreneurs.com — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:22:36 -0000

I think "shuffling around" is the right way to look at it. Some businesses will always do better than others because they are strong enough fundamentally to grow even through economic hardships.

Starving Entrepreneurs (wanted)

Re: I’ve Got Good News and Bad News

JamesBruni — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:49:07 -0000

Great post. Mark.
I love this Mashable "pitch metric" you've created for gauging what's going on.
I am curious, of those 15 or so pitches a day you get, how many are from PR firms pitching on behalf of these startups?

Best, Jim Bruni/ BRUNI PR

Re: I’ve Got Good News and Bad News

ZAP — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:09:42 -0000

I am actually quite surprised to hear that Tesla is laying off people because seeing the current upswing in the electric vehicle space, the reverse should be true. Sales have never been better!

Re: I’ve Got Good News and Bad News

Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:19:49 -0000

The one thing that GMail is horrible with, it's going through old emails and sorting them. A lot of it is admittedly bacn, but thankfully I'm able to keep up with most important correspondence.

Keeping the unreads down to zero? I gave up on that a long time ago.

Re: I’ve Got Good News and Bad News

Felipe — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:55:47 -0000

Well, clearly you need some help getting through all those emails... Do it more often or seek help asap.

Re: I’ve Got Good News and Bad News

Amit Chowdhry (Pulse 2.0) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:55:19 -0000

That is a massive inbox. Also loved the Chinese fire drill analogy with Twitter. Reminds me of my high school days.