I&#x27;ve been ahead of the curve a couple times and I&#x27;ve crashed and burned because of it only to see someone else do essentially the same thing 5 or so years later and knock it out of the park.  That&#x27;s bad luck and bad timing IMO not some social injustice.  Anyone with talent these days can soft land into BoringCorp IMO.  We&#x27;re not exactly swimming in talent.<p>I&#x27;m not far from taking another swing these days and I think the time I&#x27;ve taken to develop financial cushioning has also let me develop better skills to analyze both the nature and the timing of the sort of businesses I wish to pursue.<p>And if you have kids, that&#x27;s your startup, take &#x27;em to IPO.  They&#x27;re worth far more than $$$.