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

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.