The failure to adopt radical new policies to jump-start the economy and in one fell swoop to resolve the insolvent bank situation by ridding the overhang of toxic bad paper "increases the risk of a further dramatic equity sell-off, " says Christopher Wood, CLSA emerging markets analyst.

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Underlying the failure to produce start-up commons in these countries is a different set of values than the ones that prevail in Silicon Valley.

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Ressi started the Founder Institute in 2009 in his Palo Alto, Calif. garage as a response to the financial crisis and his belief that lowering the high failure rate for start-ups could lead to an economic recovery.

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The thinking is that these investors have the experience and deep enough pockets to withstand losses, given that start-ups have a high failure rate.

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Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, who set the fastest time in first and second qualifying sessions, retired on lap 27 due to an electrical failure, while Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg did not even start the race due to a fuel-system problem.

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Anyone who has contemplated forsaking the perceived, if not real, security of employment to start a small business has come face-to-face with the fear of failure.

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