Opportunity in Crisis
March 7th, 2009
The blogosphere’s theme for the remainder of 2009 should be the Rahm Doctrine. Clearly we are in the middle of a pretty major economic crisis. Hopefully it won’t last much longer than 2009. I also think we are in the middle of a more subtle social crisis that will likely go on for much longer. Don’t believe me? Think about the climate, income inequality, healthcare, increasing global conflict, rising food prices.
With so much in the way of crisis going on right now, according to the Rahm Doctrine at least, there should be plenty of opportunities. Especially for entrepreneurs.We’ve already highlighted a few of these opportunities, and will continue to do so. Other bloggers are doing the same (everyone from Gary Vaynerchuk to Paul Krugman)
President Obama in his weekly address this morning confirmed this belief. What we’re going to see in the coming months is a global willingness to try new ideas out, mostly because many of the old ideas are broken. And we’re already seeing signs of it. Americas workforce is switching sectors. We are investing in our homes to increase their efficiency (and stave off loss in value). For a great article on what some of the coming changes could be, check out this months Atlantic.
And if you have your own ideas of opportunities within crisis please share them with us. One of our favorites is here.


March 7th, 2009 at 8:43 am
The opportunities are real but many will require bold action which is difficult in our nay-saying media-political climate. Conservatives are fighting tooth and nail to preserve. The concern is the number of conservative TV and radio blabbers who will use fear and ignorance to drag down our national debate.
In many ways, the are school yard bullies who just want to stay king of the hill and we need to be tough enough to kick them off.