I don’t know. I still think that it’s a great time to start a company, if you actually build a company, and not a “crapstr”. But seeing all of these VC-backed firms lay folks off right and left makes me wonder:
Either VCs misjudged the opportunity or the economy is about to fall off a cliff and we will all look like citizens in a Mad Max movie, or both.
In the past week, companies have laid off about 23% of their staff (much more if you count companies like Tesla, in fact, see update below), look at this rundown:
Update: I see I am not the only one covering this. Note to self: start using Google Docs for this kind of stuff!