The other perspective is that a good number of very successful companies were founded in a recession / downturn: http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/the-economic-

The other perspective is that a good number of very successful companies were founded in a recession / downturn: http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/the-economic-future-just-happened.aspx http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/the-economic-future-just-ha... http://blogs.hbr.org/silverman/2008/08/why-downturns-breed-better-innovations.html http://blogs.hbr.org/silverman/2008/08/why-downturns-breed-b... http://www.resourcenation.com/blog/famous-companies-that-were-founded-in-an-economic-recession/3265/ http://www.resourcenation.com/blog/famous-companies-that-wer... There are a lot of lists like this.