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Eliot Spaulding commented on Opportunity Opens the Door When the Competition Is Distracted on June 11, 2009, 8:51 PM

Wonderful article, thank you Anita. I'm curious about taking your idea one step further though, in that, while yes founding a company in a recession does have an upside, at the same time securing funding is all the more challenging. The very factors and economic conditions that are hurting larger competitors are also hurting you - and likely hurting you even more acutely. Any tips for getting funding when times are tough? How should one think about getting over that MAJOR hurdle??

Eliot Spaulding commented on Dan Doctoroff Notes the New Economy’s Dynamism on June 11, 2009, 8:43 PM

It was uplifting to hear from Doctoroff, and his research, that he found in other times of economic collapse New York and Wall St. always came back. I was very surprised however that regulation tended to be lighter than people expected it would be. But in the case of the conditions now I strongly beleive that we are in need of very high government regulation - I've read that it was de-regulation that really put us all in this poor spot in the first place. Wouldn't we all be better off to have too much and then scale it back slowly?

Eliot Spaulding commented on How Can You Make The Most Of Technological Revolution? on June 11, 2009, 8:31 PM

I too was surprised to hear that Cooley does not blog - at least not on  regular basis. And actually I don't necessarily see blogging as social media. Blogging is just a new step in the evolution of journalism, but it does not provide nearly the level of connectivity that real social media and sharing sites do. Blogging tends to be a one way street. But I'm curious how involved he is with social networking sites like Linked-In, or even Facebook.

Eliot Spaulding commented on Alice Rivlin: Will Big Government Change The Rules Of Commerce? on June 11, 2009, 8:25 PM

Ms. Rivlin is supportive of salary caps, but in my mind this seems to strongly go against free market principles. Wall St. has gone through a correction and it is unlike that employees there will see 2005-like bonuses any time soon - without salary caps. Why will salary caps solve the problem of too many smart people heading to Wall St.? There is still money to be made there!  Instead of caps, I think that the administration should focus on incentives. There should be more and higher incentives for young people to go into teaching, science, high tech innovation - what about more grant programs? All that caps do is create a larger rift between government and business.

Eliot Spaulding commented on Tom Stewart: How Can You Make The Most Of Technological Revolution? on June 11, 2009, 8:15 PM

Unlike Stewart, I don't see the world coming to a "harmonization" on intellectual property protections - at least not anytime soon. Currently, according to studies done by the IFPI, 99% of all music downloaded in China is pirated. There is currently no incentive for the Chinese government to protect the copyright laws of artists. And furthermore, it does not look like there will be in the near future, as very few other countries have the ability to apply any sort of pressure.