I'd like to make an amendment:
Take risks. You will pocket profits right away and bailout will cover any downside as long as you can make enough people think you are too important to fail.
Another way to get bailed out is to make sure that folks who have the power to do a bail out think that keeping you alive will benefit them. You can do that with political support.
I was going to say something similar: Take huge frikkin risks that can sink the world if they fail. You'll make billions and bailouts will cover any downside.