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Early 37 Signals (Basecamp now)[1] and github[2] are two examples that started out this way and the former continues this way today. StackOverflow is another[3]

• draw_down 11y ago
  I meant the part about starting during or surviving a downturn. It sounds nice, I just wonder if it's true.
  • drawkbox 11y ago
    Microsoft is a big one but here's some more (Adobe, ARM, HP): http://www.businessinsider.com/great-tech-companies-that-started-in-terrible-economic-times-2011-8?op=1 http://www.businessinsider.com/great-tech-companies-that-sta... Salesforce, Google, Akamai also survived the dotcom bust and also killed when the market came back. The conditions that create a company under tighter bands will always have a better indicator of limits than companies that don't. They understand the cutthroat nature of the market. Apple could be considered another initially and on their second rebirth since their second rise was after the crash. They were hustling during that on R&D and exploded out the gate when the market came back, part of the reason they hoard cash and control their ecosystem so much, when they opened it up in the late 80s/90s it nearly killed them.
    • Crusoe123 11y ago
      Funny how that article you linked from 2011 starts with: "The economy may be heading into another recession."