"Cisco was founded two weeks before a stock market crash. Oracle was founded during the Reagan recession," Mr. Holland said. "In bad times, that's when the best opportunities come up."
most successes have a back story. Its my understanding that oracle's first customer was the CIA. It doesn't matter if there is a recession if your client is the government. It probably helps.
"'Big-ticket enterprise ideas that take $50 million to $100 million to get to market are going to be few and far between,' said Dana Stalder, a general partner at Matrix Partners."
Is it just me, or did they mislabel the section "Enterprise is Back"?