7 Easy Cost Cutting Measures to Help Businesses Weather the Recession

December 22, 2008

How can my company cut costs, but still retain our top talent? We don’t want to cut too deep and not be prepared when the economy starts to come back around.

Entrepreneurs have to make some tough decisions this Holiday season, amid the worst recession we’ve probably ever seen. If we cut back too far, we’re [...]

Are You Costing Your Company Money?

December 22, 2008

In our current economic climate, companies need to be evaluating every single expense, and how they can reduce or eliminate them. Could you be contributing to one of your company’s biggest costs?

Sure, employees are any company’s greatest expense, and also their greatest asset. I’m not suggesting that you are wasting your time, thus costing your [...]

John Doerr, The Best VC Ever, Has Some Advice For Startups Trying To Weather The Storm

October 30, 2008

John Doerr joined Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and Byers in 1980, and since then, has directed venture capital funding to some of the most successful technology companies in the world including Compaq, Netscape, Symantec, Sun Microsystems, drugstore.com, Amazon.com, Intuit, and Google, as well as Friendster, Go.com and myCFO.

Just Lost Your 401k And Are Now Homeless? These Funny News Clips Will Cheer You Up!

October 28, 2008

Nothing helps you to better overcome your financial troubles than avoiding them and hoping you either hit the lottery or Bill Gates proposes. Until then, let’s laugh it off with some hilarious news clips that would make Jay Leno proud.

The Credit Crisis Explained in 25 Slides

October 27, 2008

A fellow blogger, Ryan Graves, sent out a ::shudder:: mass email this weekend to promote his slideshare presentation on the credit crisis.
It was a great explanation for those people who don’t know quite what happened.

We Should Be Happy the Detroit Automakers Are Failing …They're Bad For The Country

October 13, 2008

While the old adage, “as GM goes, so goes the country,” may have carried a lot of weight in the 70s, the economy is no longer built around the American-auto industry. Japanese automakers have become the #1 producer in the world, and for a reason…

Tough Times Ahead For Sequoia's VC-Companies

October 9, 2008

So it looks like the economic downturn is started to reach into the venture-capital world as well. Sequoia just sounded the alarm bell, signaling that bad times are ahead for their portfolio companies.

Why We Should be Thankful for this Recession

August 22, 2008

America is as bloated as ever. With Hummers clogging up the roadways, Big Macs clogging our hearts

Startup: Was Amp'd Mobile's Bankruptcy a Forebearer to the Credit Crisis?

March 21, 2008

We’re currently in the midst of a recession/downturn and are facing some major companies taking huge dives, see: Bear Stearns).
And now that we’ve got some pretty conclusive evidence we’re in a downturn, everyone is looking at what was the initial sign there were bad times to come so we can use this a historic evidence [...]