We need to find founders who built businesses during the 2001 crash and learn everything from them! 

Is Ben Horowitz on FC? Lol

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No but @pmarca is!

Would love to hear about the times back then?

If not can someone recommend a dotcom bubble book?

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(1) Important pattern #1: The 2000 crash was like dominos falling down from sector to sector within tech. Each sector in turn got whacked by the collapse of the one behind it until they were all wrecked, at least temporarily. None were spared.

(2) Important pattern #2: If you look at the NASDAQ chart from 2000 to 2003, you'll see there were ~5 "false dawns" where it looked like recovery was happening, until another stage of the collapse hit.

(3) Important pattern #3: ~Every tech CEO knew he should do a single deep layoff to prevent ongoing morale damage from subsequent layoffs. He then did an initial ~10% cut, and then ~6 more 10% cuts by the time the carnage was over.