Recession is in and US slowdown is impacting the Indian industries/economy as well.
These are tough times and as they say, ‘only the fittest survive’.
So a startup, what are your top concerns with regards to recession?
- Is it fund raising ?
- Do you think recession will stabilize the talent churn?
- Are you wondering whether to stay trim right now and expand later?
- Are VCs really willing to fund early stage companies? Will they squeeze the hell out of startups (now that the valuations will go down)?
- Do you need to revisit your business model (say, if it’s based on online advertising)?
We would like to know your concerns/questions/suggestions.
Based on that, we will interview
- VCs,
- Startups, and
- Industry Pundits.
to get a 360 degree view of the story.
Recession is more than advertisers curtailing budgets, it’s more than saying ‘how will we survive’ – it’s actually that phenomena which tests one’s resilience, and of course, makes men out of boys.
So, shoot your questions (either in comment section, or mail me)
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Learnings from web 1.0 helped us put a solid foundation so that we can de-risk ourselves against uncertain market conditions.
Our concern is mainly fund raising…as we have just started… what should be the approach to contact angels/VCs? and how their criteria has changed in such times?
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During the downturn, it will finally come down to who can offer more tangible value.
For most folks, it will be about taking their business models from “is good to have” to “should have” type service. As you rightly said, it will also separate the men from the boys.
Eagerly waiting for some investor perspective on this.
Vivek