>That's a lot of SV-speak. How exactly do people step into an entrepreneurial phase?

Almost half of U.S. employment is from small businesses (250 or less employees). That's means there's a lot of entrepreneurship happening already. I have lots of family running their own small businesses (trades), and it's a lot of work, and doesn't necessarily pay as well as a cushy corporate job, but what I'm trying to say is lots of people can and do start their own enterprise.

Yes, lots of them will fail at running their own business, but it's not like corporate jobs are getting any safer either.