Look to the past in order to move forward. That’s the mantra we followed in putting together our latest Mass High Tech issue in print today. This isn’t the first recession environment that businesses have faced. And in fact, many well-known companies launched during past recessions and depressions have not only survived, but thrived.
We talked to a few of these companies and got their “survival stories.” But we’re sure there are other stories of birth and survival in a recession for other businesses — stories we’d like to hear about and potentially include in future issues. What are your stories? How did you manage innovation on a restricted budget? And what about those of you who may have launched a business in a recession or depression and were not so fortunate? What did you learn and where are you now? Leave us a comment below.
In the meantime, take a look at our “Born in the Recession” issue:
- Change, efficiency and messaging drove iRobot’s downturn survival
- Millipore built from military filtration system roots
- Twitter startup launched by ‘Pistachio’ with funding
- John Clancy expounds on Iron Mountain Digital’s growth
- Roger Greene bootstrapped Ipswitch, sans bank funding
- Omgeo learned lessons in a rough 2001
- Launched in Great Depression, Jackson Labs now thrives
- Recession leading unemployed engineers to incubators
- Execs advise fair compensation over cheap hiring in downturn
- 4 first-time CEOs hold their role from startup to growth firm
- How the 1987 stock market crash helped Avid Technology
- Three steps to add investment with fewer resources
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