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Starting a Business? How About Now?

Need some optimism? Here are ten great companies started in rotten times:

General Electric (1892, one year prior to the panic of 1893)
Disney (recession of 1923–24)
Hewlett-Packard (1939)
Hyatt Corp. (1957–58 recession)
Intel (1968, a year of assassinations and political upheaval)
FedEx (founded in 1971 but launched in 1973, the same year as the Arab [...]

Send Me Home for World Peace

Preface:
SendMeHome.com has been featured on Santa Barbara’s 88.5, reached the front page of the Ajaxian, demoed by Molly MacDonald the DemoGirl, and featured 4 TIMES in the Santa Barbara Independent.

These two guys are on a Fantastic Voyage - no, not that funky, FUNKY tune from 1980 - something a bit more meaningful.
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James Tamplin and Andrew [...]