Away Quote by Brad D. Smith

So all of these companies that are going for the big growth, if it continues for any length of time, will outlast their resources…

— Yvon Chouinard

A recession is very bad for publicly traded companies, but it's the best time for startups. When you have massive layoffs, there's more competition…

— Anonymous

When the market turns down, a lot of people lose jobs... and that's the time people become entrepreneurs. Downturns end up being the best…

— Tobias Lutke

Big companies are often in the process of laying off workers. Small startup companies are the ones that are hiring. The statistics prove that's…

— Jerry Moran

There were never as many big businesses as people were piling money into in the late 90's or early 2000's. This is really a…

— Dave McClure

Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.

— Adam Cohen

The recession's high unemployment rates may have encouraged people to start sole proprietorships, but there are many obstacles in the way of growing a…

— Sam Graves

It takes years and years, usually a decade, to create a great startup.

— Sam Altman

People are starting companies at young ages. They fail fast, learn a lot, and keep going.

— David Cohen

My half-baked reading of history is that we continue to go through these waves of entrepreneurial explosion followed by merger mania and consolidation. Out…

— Tom Peters

One thing I learned in '97, when I thought the right time to found a company was during a swing-up, is that it's much…

— Reid Hoffman

Too many start up business fail simply because their owners continue to think and act like employees.

— Michael LeBoeuf