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November 3 2009
by Todd Hixon
How We Survived 2009
The CEO of one of my portfolio companies, which I will call “Ajax” (not the real name), wrote this as part of his regular report to the senior team, board, and investors. It’s pretty typical of what it’s been like out there this year, and what CEOs, management teams, and boards did to manage ...
May 13 2009
by Scott Johnson
The downturn feels different this time
Tonight is the MIT 100K finals. So I thought I would muse on why I feel so much better today than I did in the aftermath of the last downturn.
The 2001-2004 VC nuclear winter was brutal. Valuations fell so far so fast – it was like being on a bullet train that suddenly stopped. The ...
May 9 2009
by Todd Hixon
Managing through the downturn: TLH notes from the Nantucket conference
First panel: Managing through the downturnAron Ain, CEO, KronosJana Eggers, CEO, SpreadShirt (customized apparel), $10s m run rate, just raised growth capital (offers were shocking)Christia Lampe-Onnerud, Boston-Power, advanced lap-top batteries, H-P is lead customer, growing fastChris Zannetos, CEO, Courion, Info SW co, security business, manage provisioning of systems for employees (eg, 800 new interns at ...
