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> In short: If you don't want to create a lot of wealth, chances are, you won't create any. Completely depends on what you're trying to do. It's easy to make a
by wanorris 19y ago
> In short: If you don't want to create a lot of wealth, chances are, you won't create any.
Completely depends on what you're trying to do. It's easy to make a small, sustainable business in some areas, especially service businesses. If you get certified and get a union card, you can hang out your shingle as a plumber or electrician, and odds are you'll make plenty of money, but you have no hope of getting super rich.
As a plumber, there really isn't any technology on the horizon that is any obvious threat to make your job redundant, and people in India will never take your job. You are creating wealth, just not a ton of it.
This kind of business may be harder to make sustainable in the internet technology industry, but as 37 Signals has demonstrated, it's certainly not impossible.