I've been an entrepreneur through three major recessions - the early 2000s (8 months long), the great recession 2007 (18 months long), and the 2021 COVID recession (2 months long).
In each event I was significantly more impacted by the media salivating about the potential for a coming economic collapse than I was actually living through them.
Certainly my companies were impacted negatively at the outset of each, but emerged stronger to take advantage of the clear skies and sunny days that proceeded each event.
We've been playing on easy mode for the past 10 years in many ways - it's difficult to truly innovate without challenge, and today I embrace the potential for the board to shift, to find new opportunities to innovate, and to embrace change.
In each event I was significantly more impacted by the media salivating about the potential for a coming economic collapse than I was actually living through them.
Certainly my companies were impacted negatively at the outset of each, but emerged stronger to take advantage of the clear skies and sunny days that proceeded each event.
We've been playing on easy mode for the past 10 years in many ways - it's difficult to truly innovate without challenge, and today I embrace the potential for the board to shift, to find new opportunities to innovate, and to embrace change.