thinking

4 Feb, 2009 Posted by Tom

In a scary economy, startup is inspired.

I was thinking on the way to work today that this has to be the BEST time to start up a business like ours. Yes, I said BEST. I know that it will never be easy, but with all the fallout and fear in the markets right now, there really isn’t any new competition. In […]

I was thinking on the way to work today that this has to be the BEST time to start up a business like ours. Yes, I said BEST. I know that it will never be easy, but with all the fallout and fear in the markets right now, there really isn’t any new competition. In fact, lots of companies are sitting tight, reducing product lines, holding back on new ventures, laying people off (I’m one of those lucky ones - the company I work for is closing our Atlanta office and everyone is being let go) and generally trying to get a grip on what’s going to happen and when things will turn around.

So competition is either going away or it’s not growing. And that’s pretty good for us. And if we do the right things and really show people that we care about them in the tough times, that should translate to good things when times get better. And that should be easy, because that’s who we are.

I told someone at work today about the inspiration for almightees and where I was in my career when it all started. He said it was nice to hear someone talk about being in a bad place and digging themselves out of it. I think I’ll share some of that story tomorrow.

See you then.