Having lost their positions and six-figure salaries after the bubble burst, many young people are trying again, but this time by starting their own businesses
By Warren St. John
On a cold weekday afternoon last January, 34-year-old Brian Benavidez plopped down with his girlfriend on a big white shabby-chic sofa in his loft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to watch a documentary about hot dogs. Benavidez, an M.B.A. and former investment banker, had been out of work since October, when he was laid off from his six-figure job at Bolt, a Manhattan Internet company.

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Carefully, a salesman daubed the woman's bald spot with a cylinder of "Super Million Hair." Minutes later, with the help of a froth of "enhancement fibers," Huang Bing had what looked like a full head of jet-black hair.

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By Charles Herold
I have stopped going to the movies. After realizing that I have not loved a movie since The Royal Tenenbaums of last fall, I gave up. I have finally figured it out why there are so few good ones: All the brilliant ideas and daring originality that were once a hallmark of good filmmaking have been sucked up by an increasingly vital game industry.

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