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I agree. I actually resigned from my full time job at a big corporation to work full time on my start-up because of the opportunity to come out with a new cost-saving product

Please provide stories for how it has empirically improved things. It's always easy to write things like "a crisis is a terrible thing to waste", but it's not very interesting.

I chose none because there wasn't a "It's better" option. I've actually gained new contracts since things went south. So far the recession is working out fine for me. However, I know plenty of people who are struggling so it's not like I'm completely unaffected.

modoc, that's a really good point - I'm sorry I didn't put it on there! Lesson learned.