A huge amount of entrepreneurship today is about who you are and who you know unfortunately. Something that depressed me back when I cared about entrepreneursh

A huge amount of entrepreneurship today is about who you are and who you know unfortunately. Something that depressed me back when I cared about entrepreneurship was how everyone I knew who was successful had some unfair advantage. Having lots of money, knowing some guy with lots of money, going to an elite school, etc. I never met anyone like myself. I think in the early days of the internet people who cared about building cool products did well, but since the early 2010s I'd argue being a successful entrepreneur started to become more about being the kind of person who is fundable or has the money to self-fund. There are exceptions of course, but in general there was a clear pattern. But worst still even those who managed to get funding generally failed. In once case I saw the failure of a business give a guy a mental breakdown. If you think you're stressed now, imagine having employees depending on you and potentially loosing everything you've worked on for years. I guess what I'm saying is that the life of the average entrepreneur is just an endless struggle. I don't want to say give up, but I think these days if you want to be a successful entrepreneur you probably need a different strategy. You probably need to work for a successful startup and lead a product team or something similar. Then maybe after that you'll have the contacts and reputation to launch your own thing. Personally I gave up on my entrepreneurial dreams a while ago. At this point I had been working my ass off at startups for almost a decade so that wasn't an easy decision. I felt depressed and directionless. I still hold hope that one day an opportunity will come my way, but I see no realistic means of creating that opportunity myself.