Any small company involved in developing new technology and...

Any small company involved in developing new technology and trying to get it to market has come up against the perfect storm.
Right now large corporations who might in better times be looking to invest in newer and better technology are looking over their shoulders at what might be coming and not spending where they don't have to. Just like most smart people are doing.
But chances are this period of market difficulty will pass off fairly quickly as has been the trend in the post war decades. 1987 seemed to come and go in an eyeblnk. 2008 took a bit longer but not that long.
Patience is the only way to think just now.