I think our scale and perspective, by being in tech, can be skewed.<p>Over 540,000 new businesses are started EACH MONTH in the US.  The sheer number of them should be evidence enough that the vast majority are not started in the context of privilege, wealth or perhaps even a safety net that protects the would-be-entrepreneur from failure.  I just don&#x27;t think this world view is correct.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.forbes.com&#x2F;sites&#x2F;jasonnazar&#x2F;2013&#x2F;09&#x2F;09&#x2F;16-surprising-statistics-about-small-businesses&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.forbes.com&#x2F;sites&#x2F;jasonnazar&#x2F;2013&#x2F;09&#x2F;09&#x2F;16-surpris...</a><p>While it is hard to find this data, the following article claims that &quot;472 million entrepreneurs worldwide attempting to start 305 million companies, approximately 100 million new businesses (or one third) will open each year around the world.&quot;<p>That&#x27;s one hundred million businesses per year world wide launched by nearly half a billion entrepreneurs.  I think we can agree there aren&#x27;t that many wealthy families or entrepreneurs with &quot;I can fail without consequences&quot; safety nets in the world.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.moyak.com&#x2F;papers&#x2F;business-startups-entrepreneurs.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.moyak.com&#x2F;papers&#x2F;business-startups-entrepreneurs....</a>