Lessons Learned from Successful Founders of the Last Financial Downturn

In a recent live online event, Evernote Co-Founder Phil Libin noted that "When the economy is good, it's a great time to sell things. But when the economy is weak, it's a great time to build things." At the Founder Institute, we recognize that times are tough--but we also know that economic downturns are a great time to start a business. This isn't just conjecture - the Founder Institute itself was started in April of 2009 (during the "Great Recession"), and world-leading companies like Microsoft, Tesla, and Apple also took advantage of cost savings during recessionary periods to launch and get their initial traction.  In this live, interactive online event, successful founders Costas Papaikonomou and Gil Margalit will share their own lessons learned from the last financial downturn, and tips for how entrepreneurs can leverage their own inherent scrappiness and agility to move fast, even through the toughest prevailing macroeconomic headwinds.