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Re:The ‘Terminator’ of startups says he’s seeing two to four... by scandox on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @01:12PM (#13924153)
Yeah the 2008 financial meltdown saved my lumbar region. Paid 250 for a 1,600 euro chair. Very happy. On the other hand a lot of people lost everything. So that was the flipside.
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Re:The ‘Terminator’ of startups says he’s seeing two to four... by akoster on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @02:49PM (#13925014)
In my area, there were tons of mortgage companies going under left and right back then. Definately lots of people lost their jobs but the glut of cheap office furniture allowed my dad's cost-conscious company consistently upgrade for a while. Since they were a descent-sized firm, buying a lot of chairs or monitors was easy but I wonder how often for someone like myself interested in just a single desk or chair could compete with someone interested in buying a lot.
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Re:The ‘Terminator’ of startups says he’s seeing two to four... by wavefunction on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @03:12PM (#13925246)
Overstock.com built their business largely on the assets left from the dotCom bubble bursting around the millennium.

For some, a crisis is an opportunity.

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Re:The ‘Terminator’ of startups says he’s seeing two to four... by inchoa on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @05:20PM (#13926350)
Or as Rahm Emanuel states: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste"[0].

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb-YuhFWCr4

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