This makes me think of how certain types of people, i.e. the experimental, inventors, entrepreneurs, artists, etc, who live life to the beat of their own drums,

This makes me think of how certain types of people, i.e. the experimental, inventors, entrepreneurs, artists, etc, who live life to the beat of their own drums, don't really ever let society tell them how they should act, but if they ever strike gold, the rest of society immediate starts to follow along using their products, or mimicking their style. Also the majority of these types of people never strike gold, but they will wander on their own path regardless - very similarly to those 'loners'.