Why you should start your startup BEFORE the recession ends

Think the recession is a good reason not to start a business? I think you're probably wrong. In a post at The Industry Standard, Melissa Chang nails down Five reasons why a recession is a good time to start a company.

A recession is actually a great time to nurture and incubate a small company. Here are five reasons why:

1) A recession forces founders to be frugal. Starting a company without a lot of money is an excellent discipline for entrepreneurs and for every early-stage company. While it may feel painful to track every dime, the lessons that frugality teaches are invaluable. Having limited capital leads to creative thinking, healthy deliberation about expenditures, and the need for founders to pay very close attention to cash flow, budgets and balance sheets.


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About Phil Yanov

Phil Yanov is a Technologist, Columnist and Public Radio Commentator.

He is the founder of Tech After Five as well as the founder and President of the GSA Technology Council and the IT Leadership Council.

His personal technology column appears in Greenville Business Magazine and the Columbia Business Journal.

He co-hosts the Your Day technology shows heard on NPR radio stations across South Carolina and is a frequent contributor to technology stories appearing on radio and television.