Higher interest rates = less credit & financing = fewer startups

mroman · on Sept 15, 2008

Your conclusion assumes that startups are an intrinsic aspect of hacking, hackers, and the hacker condition.

I disagree.

Even if it were so, outside funding (credit and financing) is most definitely not an indispensable requisite to starting a startup.

DougBTX · on Sept 16, 2008

> Your conclusion assumes that startups are an intrinsic aspect

This place used to be called Startup News...

mroman · on Sept 16, 2008

Correct.

USED to be.