Although your parents built their business from scratch, they benefited from a social, cultural and economic background which led them to more easily attempt and succeed at starting a business.<p>I am a business owner myself, not coming from a high-income family. I am now part of a network of young entrepreneur&#x2F;lending scheme for innovative business.<p>A wild guess: 75% of our alumni come from privileged environment: 50% from very wealthy family, 25% had parents who had intellectual jobs (parents were teachers for instance), and about 25% &quot;others&quot;.<p>It&#x27;s all anecdotal evidence, as much as your personal experience is.<p>From your &quot;mother with 3 jobs&quot; example: of course she teaches a lot to her children, of course she has merit!
But their children won&#x27;t feel like they have a &quot;safety net&quot; around them, be it strictly financial or not, provided by their background.<p>Wherever I like it or not, I know that if my business fails tomorrow, my family will be there for me. It can be conscious or not, but for many of &quot;us&quot; entrepreneur, we took a risk and consciously or not, we have a safety net.