Innovation isn't always welcome in corporate life - but it can light the way to success for a startup business. How to leave the cubicle world behind. ABORING AWAY BOB CRATCH IT-STYLE UNDER THE CONSTRAINTS OF corporate hierarchy, millions of workers fantasize about going out on their own. And in tougher economic times, when pay freezes and downsizing stall many careers, self-employment can look even more attractive compared with wage slavery at Scrooge & Marley LLC. So it's no surprise that more than 600,000 start-ups get launched every year. Of course, many of the people who launch them wind up wishing they'd stayed safe in the arms of Big Brother: About a third of all entrepreneurial ventures fail in their first two years, according to the National Federation of Independent Business.
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