“ Life is short. No recession warrants wasting precious time. ”
“ At the end of the recession, the winners will be those who have taken advantage of their most important resources — imagination and creativity. ”
“ People’s reputations are made in the bad times more than the good times. ”
“ This is the best time in history to have a worst time — the time at which our capacity to do things in a way that’s outside of traditional economics is at its highest. It’s never been easier to come together to have fun, to make stuff, to change things. ”
Cory Doctorow (via msg)
“ Don’t listen to anybody. Nobody knows what’s going to happen next… Better to be contrarian in times like these than not. ”
“ I lived through this during the dotcom bubble. There are some VCs and bankers that I’ll never work with again due to their totally irrational behavior when the chips were down. Consistency of behavior and clarity of thought and purpose matters a lot all the time, but especially when things are confusing. ”
“ If you’re worried about threats to the survival of your company, don’t look for them in the news. Look in the mirror. ”
“ The economic situation is apparently so grim that some experts fear we may be in for a stretch as bad as the mid seventies. When Microsoft and Apple were founded. ”
Paul Graham (via mikehudack)
“ This is not a time to panic, cut off all investment in the future, and burrow into a dark hole. Take a page from the packaged goods industry that the time to gain market share is during tough times when your competitors are weaker in responding. ”
“ Piecemealing your way through change kills momentum, hurts culture and the team and is a chickenshit way to run a business. ”
John Borthwick (via betaworks)
