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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Don't you dare discredit the work they did simply because they came from a good environment. You make it sound like it's so easy to do it
Without discrediting them, it does help if you already have a big amount backing you up. The more money you have, the more money you can make or the easier you can make it.
Of course the person has to have some sight for it, it is easy to burn wealth too (there are enough examples out there).
Jeremy Falcon wrote: it doesn't matter how much money you have, if you have a good idea and vision AND the ability to execute it... the money will find you.
and the money to start with is not to be underestimated.
Back in college I had a couple of ideas, I even had a very basic concept / design for one of them. I failed because I didn't had the money to continue the development of a physical prototype and to pay a lawyer to file a good patent (the thing had the potential to make millions in my opinion). I tried to find someone to invest in, but I couldn't, at the end some big companies started something similar, so I gave up.
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Nelek wrote: Of course the person has to have some sight for it, it is easy to burn wealth too (there are enough examples out there).
This is what people who know little about money want you to believe. I realize this thread has turned crazy out of of control, but investors are everywhere. If your idea is good enough and you can execute it... the money will find you. You cannot be an introvert and pull it off though, you gotta get out there and talk. Anyone who says otherwise is just sitting behind a computer and never leaving their home.
Hell, I've had coworkers want to invest with me just because I was yapping about trading. Anyone saying they can't is just using excuses with zero real experience.
Nelek wrote: and the money to start with is not to be underestimated.
Again, stop listening to losers who do nothing but hate. They'll poison your mind and waste your time.
Nelek wrote: Back in college I had a couple of ideas, I even had a very basic concept / design for one of them. I failed because I didn't had the money to continue the development of a physical prototype and to pay a lawyer to file a good patent (the thing had the potential to make millions in my opinion). I tried to find someone to invest in, but I couldn't, at the end some big companies started something similar, so I gave up.
You failed because you weren't educated or driven enough. You can (and should) start any business cheaply. And I promise you that you didn't talk to or know any other entrepreneurs or investors. You can start just about any business for less than 1K, unless it's a brick and mortar store.
In your specific case, where a patent needed to be filed, you could've done supplementary business to support it. Any patent wouldn't be more than 10k-20k tops for a single patent. You could've pooled from friends and family. You could've taken on a partner since 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing. You know who I learned that from? A wealthy man in real estate who was one of my mentors - for free. Just a good guy sharing the love.
And assuming this was before 3D printing, manufacturing a product is the worst starter business to do unless you, again, know people. Which means, stop being introverted. Even if you had the prototype, you'll run into a lot more issues with the manufacturing process if you're new. Again, a supplementary business would've helped to teach you the basics of business first.
Also, from my understanding, you don't need a working prototype for the patent. You could've just gotten the patent first and then start talking to people about it to help you out.
If you don't think these guys had to be creative even with a "start" to get where they are, you're letting the haters and losers poison your mind from its raw creativity. The truth is, you just gave up. Starting a business is not for everyone and that's cool; just don't go hating on those that do (not saying you, you know who) just because they made it. Hate them for other reasons. 
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: This is what people who know little about money want you to believe.
I only say: Mike Tyson.
Jeremy Falcon wrote: You failed because you weren't educated or driven enough.
And because I still was student, without income.
Jeremy Falcon wrote: You could've pooled from friends and family.
I was still living from family and didn't want to pull more
Jeremy Falcon wrote: You could've taken on a partner since 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing.
Tried to find one, didn't find anyone
Jeremy Falcon wrote: And assuming this was before 3D printing, manufacturing a product is the worst starter business to do unless you, again, know people.
Exactly, that's why I just wanted to make a design, file the patent and try to sell it to a bigger company or finish the product with them for a %.
Jeremy Falcon wrote: Even if you had the prototype, you'll run into a lot more issues with the manufacturing process if you're new. Again, a supplementary business would've helped to teach you the basics of business first.
Running a business is not really my thing, I know I am not the best option for it.
Jeremy Falcon wrote: Also, from my understanding, you don't need a working prototype for the patent. You could've just gotten the patent first and then start talking to people about it to help you out.
Yeah, but back then I didn't know it. Sadly there is not time machine (yet).
Jeremy Falcon wrote: The truth is, you just gave up.
Partially yes. I posponed things to "a better moment" I lost the train
Jeremy Falcon wrote: Starting a business is not for everyone and that's cool;
As I said above, I know it and I think I am not a good option for it. Maybe if I had no choice I would "wake up" but for now, having a good job, I do not even try.
Jeremy Falcon wrote: just don't go hating on those that do (not saying you, you know who) just because they made it. Hate them for other reasons.
I don't... at least just because they did. I do not like things from some of them, but I do not hate them.
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Well, just to keep this short and fun...  Mike Tyson doesn't know first thing about money man. He's a boxer who spent it all. A lot of celebrities are like that. Not all, but a lot. They may not be the best examples of someone who knows about money. But, I totally want to see that Jake Paul fight.
Anywho, it's perfectly ok to not be an entrepreneur. There's so many stigmas out there over everything. Like, I know for me that running a business is boring. After the novelty wore off it became so hard to do the same things over and over again. It's not who I am. I'm a creative. We need both types in the world. Without creatives we don't have new. Without those can just do, nothing gets done. So, if I go into a business again, it'll have to be with enough money to hire peeps so I don't jump off a bridge from boredom.
All this to say, the world needs all different types of people.
Oh, and I upvoted you. Because we totally disagreed and kept it friendly. Maybe we'll start a trend.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: So, if I go into a business again, it'll have to be with enough money to hire peeps so I don't jump off a bridge from boredom.
Another way to say that money helps a lot when starting something (what I actually said before    )
Jeremy Falcon wrote: All this to say, the world needs all different types of people.
If we all were the same it would be boring as hell, but I sometimes think so much variety is neither the best option.
Jeremy Falcon wrote: we totally disagreed and kept it friendly.
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Nelek wrote: Another way to say that money helps a lot when starting something (what I actually said before
We're going to have to disagree on this man. But, let me leave you with this... if you say you can or can't... you're right. IMO you need to talk to more winners rather than argue with them. Please take this in the spirit it's intended.
Nelek wrote: If we all were the same it would be boring as hell, but I sometimes think so much variety is neither the best option.
Tru dat, man.
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It was more to tease you than anything else.
I think this thread already had given its fruits and it is a good moment to stop it here. Let's hijack another thread, when an interesting point is made 
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I had a lot of trouble with my first car. It was cheap but that was all I could afford at that time.
Having graduated with a MS in computer science (1971), I recalled my course in digital logic system design and wondered why the mechanical distributor in the car (which distributes electrical signals to the spark plugs) couldn’t be replaced with an electronic circuit. I didn’t have the money to develop the idea or to file a patent.
Three months later, Chrysler Corporation announced the first electronic ignition system!
Observing the mechanical pumps at fueling stations where the prices were being changed daily, I wondered why the prices could not be stored in digital memory with an easy change system and the calculations made with digital circuits. Today, all pumps have that kind of systems.
The same idea applies to the fare meters in taxis. When I mentioned it to an experienced PhD electrical engineer and wondered if I could get a patent on it, he said that they would change the layout of the circuits and claim that wouldn’t infringe on my patent if I got one.
When a year later my younger brother in India wanted an idea for a senior project in electrical engineering, I told him about the electronic taxi meter and sent him a few TTL circuits made by Texas Instruments. He designed a taxi meter with those parts and he got written up in the local newspaper for his invention!
Today, a cyclocomputer (used to measure time, distance, speed, etc) on a bicycle which is essentially the same thing can be had for under $20.
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Here are six sources that study the effects of luck on success, showing that often becoming rich is a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Not everyone can 'be in the right place at the right time,' because our society is oriented around making money for the few from the many.
"The Role of Luck in Success" by Richard Wiseman: In his book The Luck Factor, Wiseman examines how luck and chance play into people’s success and happiness. He presents evidence suggesting that while some people actively create their own luck, a significant portion of success is influenced by being in the right place at the right time.
"The Matthew Effect: How Advantage Begets Advantage": Sociologist Robert K. Merton coined the term “Matthew Effect” to describe how initial advantages lead to further success. His work, including papers like “The Matthew Effect in Science,” explores how early success can accumulate and lead to greater opportunities.
"Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy" by Robert H. Frank: In this book, economist Robert Frank discusses how luck and timing contribute to success and challenges the idea that meritocracy alone explains wealth and success. He uses empirical evidence to argue that a significant portion of success can be attributed to factors beyond individual control.
"The Impact of Market Timing on the Success of Mutual Funds": Various studies in finance explore how market timing can impact investment returns. For example, research by Eugene Fama and Kenneth French on mutual fund performance often highlights how timing and market conditions can play crucial roles in investment success.
"Entrepreneurship and Luck: Evidence from a Field Experiment" by Erik Hurst and Matthew J. Notowidigdo: This paper investigates how luck plays a role in entrepreneurial success. The authors find that entrepreneurial success can often be significantly influenced by random factors and timing, beyond the entrepreneur’s skills and efforts.
"The Role of Timing in Business Success": Various studies on startups and business ventures show that entering the market at the right time can be a critical factor in a company’s success. For example, research published in journals like Strategic Management Journal often examines how market conditions and timing influence business outcomes.
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David I'm not sure you're able to have a rational conversation with me. I don't buy this premise, but for the sake of argument let's say it's correct (not really). The original comment was most millionaires are self made rather than have it be inherited. That has nothing to do with luck upon making said money.
Now, since you clearly just want to disagree with me, I'll simply say winners make their own luck. Losers complain. You can say there's luck in not being born in a tiny village in Africa, but if you live in the western world the knowledge is out there. Argue with that.
But I will say this, if you know zero millionaires your opinion means nothing to me.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: your opinion means nothing to me.
That's quite obvious, even if I do know any millionaires. You don't want to consider anything outside of what you've already convinced yourself of.
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You don't. I know. Good bye.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: I'll simply say winners make their own luck. Losers complain.
DING DING DING!! This guy gets it.
(and in the following, when I say "you", I certainly don't mean you personally. I know you're smart enough to realize that)
I think that's the fundamental idea here. Some people are satisfied enough claiming life just dealt them a bad hand and run with that, but ultimately everyone has to take responsibility for their own destiny. Of course there's exceptions (for one, I wouldn't want to have been born in North Korea), but when one lives in the so-called land of opportunity, he only has himself to blame for his own outcome.
True, some happen to have things fall on their lap. They're in the extreme minority however, and it's delusional to expect the same to happen to you. You can't use that as an example for what to expect. You want something? Work for it. Not reaching your goals? Turns out you didn't want it badly enough, in spite of your beliefs. You didn't have the balls to make the tough choices and decided to take the easier path.
It's like people spending their lives blaming their parents for the way they turned out. No, at some point, you grow into an adult and your day-to-day decisions are your own.
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Preach, brother.
dandy72 wrote: It's like people spending their lives blaming their parents for the way they turned out. No, at some point, you grow into an adult and your day-to-day decisions are your own.
What I usually say is you can blame them all you want to if you're under 18 and living in their house. There are abusive parents for instance, I should know... mine were.
But, once you're out of their control and an adult. Newsflash, it's your choices now. Granted, you may have been given a terrible blueprint for life from your parents, but nothing but your own mind is preventing you from learning a new blueprint from others.
People need to hear that a hell of a lot more than the victim mentality nonsense.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: What I usually say is you can blame them all you want to if you're under 18 and living in their house. There are abusive parents
For sure, as I wrote this I kept telling myself to re-edit and add "...until you're 18" but just forgot to add it in the end - I didn't mean to come across as insensitive, and I fully realize there are truly sh*tty situations.
But when I see people well into their 40s, 50s or even much older, complaining they never got ahead in life because daddy liked the bottle more than he liked them - yet haven't been in contact for decades - I'll start to call bullshit.
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What's the OO way of concealing wealth?
Encapsulation.
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Inheritance or composition ... the usual debate 
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Make a million dollar app?
modified 8-Sep-24 0:29am.
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abstraction.
you create incomprehensible financial instruments that you can use to short the housing market that you tanked, all without going to prison.
Hypothetical based on actual events.
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or maybe it's just me projecting.
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