Subscribe Ask the Editors Search Entire site Smallbiz Bookstore Msg. Any business owner knows what deep corrections in the stock market mean for young companies.
Venture capital dries up.
Frustrated sellers, unable to unload shares, stop buying stock in companies like yours. Consumers resist the urge to pull the old Visas out of their wallets and buy your products. Inventories pile up, cash gets tight and pink slips appear on staffers' desks. At times like these, owning a business ranks right up there with root canals and tax audits on the list of life's undesirables. I can't say I always wanted to be an entrepreneur, but I can say I always wanted to sell.