Did you know that 16 of the 30 Dow companies started in recession or depression? According to Success Magazine’s August 2009 issue, here are a few of these companies: Procter & Gamble, Disney, Alcoa, McDonald’s, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, Fortune Magazine (1930), Xerox (1938), Revlon (1932), and Hewlett-Packard (launched from a garage in 1939).
Here are some other “Success Magazine” articles you may find interesting:
Wake-up Call
The World Has Changed and So Have We
Don’t Believe Everything You Hear
Why there is more opportunity today, not less
Striking Out on Your Own
Tips for Starting Your Own Business Despite the Economy
Entrepreneur’s Start Your Engines
The greatest economic expansion in the history of the world is about to begin!
“When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters –one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.”
- John F. Kennedy