Comments on: The Financial Crisis: A Survival Guide for Startups http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vax SEO Reporting » Blog Archive » A Half Dozen Random Thoughts from the World of Tech News http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147578 Tue, 12 May 2009 17:08:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147578 [...] the financial crisis is a popular advice blog topic. I did it and so did Zoho and Gigaom. But, I can’t get past Ryan Janssen suggesting that we do less to grow out businesses because [...]

]]> By: Sie sind jung und brauchen das Geld « Pixelökonom http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147577 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:29:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147577 [...] Angelsoft.net, einer Web-Plattform, die Investoren und Unternehmer zusammen bringt, hat in einem Blogbeitrag drei Ratschläge [...]

]]> By: המשבר הכלכלי: טוב לסטארטאפים בישראל? או לא כ"כ? ב תחביב פתוח http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147576 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:07:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147576 [...] Giagom.com – כתבה על הוראות הפעלה לסטארטאפ בארה”ב בתקופת המשׅ [...]

]]> By: Sridhar Vembu, CEO of AdventNet, Talks About How Startups Can Survive the Financial Crisis | GTD Times http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147575 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:10:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147575 [...] Vembu CEO GigaOm has a guest post on how start-ups can survive the financial crisis. We have some experience at AdventNet with this, which I want to share. First a bit of history: [...]

]]> By: PeeKa http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147574 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:06:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147574 Yes it’s not going to be easy!

http://peekablog.net/2008/10/what-caused-the-financial-crisis/

]]> By: Greg http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147573 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:41:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147573 The first thing you need to do is to accept the passing of Wall Street as we once knew it…here’s how…

http://www.wallstreetcoffin.com

Help put these once titans of capitalism to rest as we generate some money for a couple of worthy charities.

]]> By: Sridhar Vembu, CEO of AdventNet, Talks About How Startups Can Survive the Financial Crisis | rob-thompson.com http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147572 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:51:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147572 [...] Vembu CEO GigaOm has a guest post on how start-ups can survive the financial crisis. We have some experience at AdventNet with this, which I want to share. First a bit of history: [...]

]]> By: Entrepreneurship in time of crisis « Blog of Intellectual Capital http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147571 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:33:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147571 [...] Click here to read full article [...]

]]> By: A Half Dozen Random Thoughts from the World of Tech News | Proxy |Tech & Internet Blog http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147570 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:20:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147570 [...] the financial crisis is a popular advice blog topic. I did it and so did Zoho and Gigaom. But, I can’t get past Ryan Janssen suggesting that we do less to grow out businesses because [...]

]]> By: Anlageklasse Venture Capital: Fels in der Brandung während der Finanzmarktkrise? | Seedfinance http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147569 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:50:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147569 [...] GigaOM: The financial crisis: A survival guide for startups [...]

]]> By: What NOT to do to survive a business downturn http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147568 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:32:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147568 [...] article by a gentleman named Ryan Janssen, who is the COO of a startup named Angelsoft. His post, The Financial Crisis: A Survival Guide for Startups, gives a quick analysis of how we got into this credit crunch mess and how to get through it. While [...]

]]> By: What NOT to do http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147567 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:32:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147567 [...] article by a gentleman named Ryan Janssen, who is the COO of a startup named Angelsoft. His post, The Financial Crisis: A Survival Guide for Startups, gives a quick analysis of how we got into this credit crunch mess and how to get through it. While [...]

]]> By: Ogilvy Feeds » Blog Archive » A Half Dozen Random Thoughts from the World of Tech News http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147566 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:33:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147566 [...] the financial crisis is a popular advice blog topic. I did it and so did Zoho and Gigaom. But, I can’t get past Ryan Janssen suggesting that we do less to grow out businesses because [...]

]]> By: Marc Dangeard http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147565 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:12:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147565 This crisis actually has some really good impact: less easy money will force people to think more about generating revenue.
The advice is very good, but I would say that you should not need a financial crisis to think that way.
Generating revenue makes sense when you are a business, and trying to charge people is a good way to test the market.
I would argue that Angelsoft should not have waited to try to find revenue streams. And maybe there is more that could be done in this area. For example Vator.tv creates competitions, maybe this is also something that can be done with the assets on Angelsoft.net.
While charging may mean less people signing up (depending on what you charge for), it also means that whoever signs up really cares about what they are getting, which is very valuable for a business because your paying customers are your best advocates: they have to justify why they decided to get the service and pay for it, and the reasons they will find are selling arguments for others. Very different from free accounts that anybody can open with no strings attached: they were just trying the thing, they do not need to justify their behavior beyond curiosity, no advocacy there.
Maybe this is the reason why the best businesses are the ones that are created during times of crisis: founders had to think harder about getting revenue and it makes the business better/stronger…

]]> By: 3 step shuffle : Brian S Hall Marketing http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147564 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:25:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147564 [...] few focused reminders on what entrepreneurs and start-ups need to do in these credit-restrictive days to come, including [...]

]]> By: Scott http://gigaom.com/2008/09/20/the-financial-crisis-a-survival-guide-for-startups/#comment-147563 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:43:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=21425#comment-147563 Ryan – Thanks for the post. While I agree that the picture has changed dramatically when looking through the macro-economic lens, I’m not as convinced of the startup CEO’s need to make sweeping changes as a result (eg. operating in “bunker mode”). Certainly, it just got a lot harder to raise some kinds of money, and that should be taken into account, but on the whole – I think companies with great products and teams will have an easier time because there will be less competition. And not just direct product competition, but competition for HR, funding, press, consumers etc etc. And gee – if the Wall St. MBA’s actually have to go out and get their hands dirty, so much the better! Hands-up for Josh Kopelman’s efforts in that respect: http://www.leavewallstreetjoinastartup.com/. All in all – I’d say I’m cautiously optimistic about this new M.O. for early stage companies – especially those in the tech sector.

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