MATT RICHTEL and JENNA WORTHAM report today in the New York Times on "Weary of Looking for Work, Some Create Their Own". Mark V. Cannice, executive director of the entrepreneurship program at the University of San Francisco, calls the phenomenon "forced entrepreneurship."

"If there is a silver lining, the large-scale downsizing from major companies will release a lot of new entrepreneurial talent and ideas - scientists, engineers, business folks now looking to do other things," Mr. Cannice said. "It's a Darwinian unleashing of talent into the entrepreneurial ecosystem."

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