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Venture fundraising: Going, going, gone?
- alain94040 18y agoI'm tired of hearing about doom and gloom, just like the author says... what the author doesn't do though, is look for signs of when the recession will end. Because you just know what will happen: the media will keep being negative 6 months after the recovery is in place. And only then will they start finding the numbers that explain that "yes, 6 months ago the economy turned around". Instead of being backward looking, what about you look for the signs now. How would you tell that we have reached bottom? I'll share my feelings: it's not so bad in mid-January. It felt worse a month ago. Maybe it's just me. But if enough people have the same feeling, we're on to something. http://fairsoftware.net http://fairsoftware.net - where geeks start side-businesses
- pedalpete 18y agoWell a few interesting things from this are 1) the year as a whole was still above 2004 levels, and near that of 2005. 2) the first 3 quarters were all above those of 2007, while the 4th quarter fell off a cliff. 3) 4th quarter was lowest of any quarter in the list So, we can wait and see what Q1 09 does and see if Q4 08 was just a blip, or if this is actually a real trend. Based on the funding which still seems to be happening, I think that Q1 09 will be up from Q4 08. Let's hope so anyway.