[drenvuk]

Short answer: becoming experts at their craft, building business relationships and filling their coffers.

Trying to start a successful business is much easier when you know how to get stuff done, have access to people who can get stuff done in areas you can't, and have enough money to buy time, help and resources to get stuff done.

Young people typically are lacking in one or more of those areas but sometimes it works out.

[awl130]

or failing at their 1st/2nd/3rd tries. that's where i was.

[s2g]

Hm, I’m failing at all 3 of those things.

Oh well. Already kind of knew I’m a failure.