There are thousands of small, private technology businesses worth millions or tens of millions of dollars across the US, that have taken little to no venture capital, and in which the founders have very large equity stakes in their own business.<p>It does not require the equivalent to winning the lottery to get rich with a technology business. The odds are several magnitudes greater that you&#x27;ll get rich creating a technology business than playing the powerball.<p>Being worth $4 million, and having a small business that generates $650,000 per year in profit, is rich.<p>Getting rich with a start-up in Silicon Valley, given the approach used there, is like playing the lottery. The start-up lottery you&#x27;re referring to only exists in SV &#x2F; SF. Nearly everywhere else, the fundamentals of having an operating business still rule - in that world, a lot of people get rich running smaller technology businesses. $50 million or $500 million rich? Nope, $5 million rich. Silicon Valley is mostly all or nothing, and that&#x27;s what makes good outcomes so relatively rare.