Step 1: Spend less than you make.
Step 2: Take risks when you have enough of a safety net.
Step 3: Fail/retry or succeed.
You don't need to be from a rich family to do these things.
You don't need to be from a rich family to do these things.
Someone from a rich family has more of a safety net, straight out of the gate, than someone from a poor family.
Of course not. Who said so? The point is that coming from wealth increases the odds that you'll end up being the type of person who will follow that program. It's not simply about having the capital; it's what coming from a place where security is guaranteed does to your psyche.
P(became_successful_entrepreneur|was_poor) > 0.0000000000
A technically-true statement, but not a useful one.
Uh, in the USA 2015, you do. Or you need to be a very lucky lottery winner. Living-wage jobs are not available to all, and you need a modicum of education to secure one.
That education is no longer free.