"So maybe a recession is a good time to start a startup. It’s hard to say whether advantages like lack of competition outweigh disadvantages like reluctant investors. But it doesn’t matter much either way. It’s the people that matter. And for a given set of people working on a given technology, the time to act is always now. "
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Paul Graham on Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy
It might seem like a bad time to do either start a business or design a web site, but consider that your competition will be pulling back, leaving more opportunity for you. During any economy, your customers are still buying products and services, and a quality web design can boost you ahead of the rest of the pack. You can grab market share and come out of the economic downturn way ahead of the rest!
The keys are a quality web design, enabling you to make timely changes, and getting good placement on search results!
