Tough times in the economy have often been the best times to start a new business. Great companies born in a recession include General Electric, Walt Disney, Burger King and Microsoft. With unemployment remaining stubbornly high across the rich world and big companies still blaming "unprecedented uncertainty" for their reluctance to dip into record profits to bet on risky new ideas, people with ideas are increasingly asking: why not launch my own start-up?
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