Someone Asks “What’s Your Excuse” With ‘Billionaire Beginnings’ Pic, Gets 15 ‘Real World’ Replies

with enough money, you can buy your own Success In Business While Being A Self-Made Person.

Another one is "Bill Gates was a dropout" to prove similar points. Yes, but he dropped out of Harvard, not Algebra 1. I just find this stuff kind of misleading.

My MBA thesis was about how people's childhood affect their leadership styles. The people that were chosen had to be the founders of well-known companies. Eventually I failed to find anyone who had a childhood with not much money except Steve Jobs, hence the subject of the thesis was required to change. Money talks.

Steve Jobs admitted to stealing many of "his" ideas.

My grandfather always said, "Money begets money." And he was right.

This is inspiring. I'm going to go get adopted by a rich family so I can use their garage, network and money to start my business. Then I'll write a book about it and create "motivational" videos so other folks think they can start from nothing. The real irony will be my "training course" that will charge people a ridiculous amount and basically not teach anything of value, but will create another avenue of income for me. I'm so excited to get started!!

I think I was pretty naive to ever believe those stories. Everybody exaggerates, boasts and edits and plenty straight up lie. I should have been more skeptical, but the stories were cool and I guess I believed what I wanted to believe

My house and quite a few others in my neighborhood don't even got a garage... I'm sure no one else gots a millionaire buddy either

I remember when a few years ago one of the richest Polish businessmen, Jan Kulczyk died. Of course, after that, you could buy his autobiography and read how he made his fortune all by himself: from zero to hero! But the author "forgot" to admit that his dad was an ambassador and he helped him open his business and earn first millions. Jup. So no excuses! I have to go to my garage! O! I forgot - I have no garage. Or even my own apartment bought for my parents for me. Damn.

In the grand scheme, not too long ago, you were considered successful if you killed a mammoth without getting trampled.

There's a lot of BS in these replies, but it's a repeated BS, so obviously it must be true. Especially the "but they had capital investment..." nonsense. Yes, they did. They all did. But it's not like they bought a scratch-off card at the 7-11 that said "You got $100m! Now go do something with it." These people had a business plan and went to people with capital and said, "Invest in me. You'll make a big profit. Here's why." That's a nontrivial exercise. But it's easier to complain "Well I didn't have that!" and act like you just said something. The Apple story is a great case in point. These two didn't just wake up one day and say, "I'm gonna do this." They spent years really working at it, building skills, before they built their own. During the formative period they met people and learned the nascent industry and realized shortcomings in a market that they loved.

The sad part is that success and happiness is judged on becoming a millionaire or billionaire. Many people are loving the modest life they live, coming home to a family that loves them. I gave up a higher paying more prestigious job I had,before when our first child was born because it kept me away from home to much. Its been over 4 years and two children and I don't regret it at all.

I have a garage but my mom parks her car in it sooooo

I am related to several very successful people and they all have one thing in common: they don't know why they were successful. They only know it took a lot of effort. So if someone else can't duplicate their success, they assume he must be lazy. Get "Dress For Success" by John Molloy and consider his advice for students: - Vocal skill will affect your earning power more than any other detail. - Acting skill will get you a job offer even when you are not qualified for the job. - The most important benefit you get from school is your address book. - The difference between a successful person and a very successful person is that the latter knows hundreds more people, and knows them quite well. - No school will teach you any of the above. They don't even teach how to do well in their school.

If you don't think it's fair you didn't have parents who were able to push/pull you into the upper crust then add bitching about your physical attributes and go after those who inherited a top 1/1000's of 1% face and body whose only talent is to make faces - aka actors. When you tire of that then jump on the pro athletes who got the free genes that made them bigger, faster and more capable of performing some kind of senseless physical act. Then finish up by complaining about all those folks who are just simply smarter than the rest of us and went into politics to become multi-millionaires by "serving the people." End point: Quit the bitching and play the best hand you can with the cards you were dealt.

Geez, quit with the "rich folk are mean and nasty.." , why? Cuz they won't give it to you?

That should be Edgar Allan Hoe, the ring is so much better

There Is No War In Ba Sing Se

While some rich people do start out that way there are many who literally started from Scratch. In modern times people like Harold Hamm, grew up a dirt poor sharecroppers kid, dropped out of HS at 16 to take a min wage job to help his family, by 21 he started his own company and today is worth $10billion and is a pioneer in shale oil drilling in the Dakota's. You can disagree with his politics and more, but he is an innovator to admire. I know someone whose father in law grew up poor using food stamps, went to a small liberal arts college, and worked his way up a Wallstreet firm till he left and co-founded his own firm and today is work $800 million. It is possible today to succeed from the bottom, just because some had a good head start, doesn't mean all of them did. Remember John D. Rockerfeller never finished grade school with a deadbeat absentee father, started out earning 50 cents a day ($15 a day today) and worked his way up from the bottom . Plenty rose up from the bottom

I just listened to a podcast that interviewed Cesar Milan, while he may not be a tech giant, he's a self-made millionaire immigrant who came to America with $100 in his pocket, his families entire inheritance. It takes a vision, market opportunity, and hard work to "make it". And I think all successful people have those three key characteristics

Bit like Kylie Jenner being a self-made billionaire!

It was a unique economic climate. Read Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers".

At least it can be done.

Most of us are guilty as charged. For not having had the foresight to choose wisely. Before conception, that is. ;-)

Even in fiction you can't rise and be "Super" without a little boost. Money for batman,

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When I go to the bathroom and manage to get it all in the bowl it’s a success story

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My excuse? I have no garage.

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Good job censoring the username tooskinnymaria

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it took the Kennedys just four generations to go from poor irish immigrants in the 1880s to having a great-grandson in the w.h.....don't say it can't happen. Stop whining about how hard it is out there (it has always been hard), roll up your sleeves, & go to work. Get out of debt, save, invest, own, & get as much practical education that you can use. And stop whining!