But what if, conversely, we had entered the market in late 2001, just after the dot com bust, lost funding, had our company depleted to a single employee, were abandoned by our coworkers, had our friends turn their backs on us, and to top it all off, and broke up with our long-time girlfriends? Would we have had the fortitude to continue with your company? Could we have emerged as one of the most influential and lasting companies of the dot-com era? Well, that’s precisely what happened to Evan Williams, founder of Blogger.com.