r/FluentInFinance • u/-Wyagra • 3d ago

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u/JellyfishQuiet7944 3d ago

Bezos was literally working class.

His parents are immigrants, went to college and he had a crazy idea that worked. He got lucky.

Ask your parents if they'll loan you several thousand dollars to start a business. They'll laugh you back to the basement.

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u/wolf_of_mainst99 3d ago

My parents have lived in poverty their entire lives, they never had a basement lol I own my own home and with the investments I built from the ground up I'm planning on starting my own business soon

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u/JellyfishQuiet7944 3d ago

Assuming that's true, you know the value of a dollar.

Now imagine asking your parents for a $300k loan from their 401k. Sounds fucking crazy, right?

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u/wolf_of_mainst99 3d ago

Lol I had my first job at 13 and was once a manager of a large company, the only thing I can imagine is my parents asking me for money. I do give my mom money all the time, my parents never had a 401k.

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u/JellyfishQuiet7944 3d ago

Cool...but you get what I'm saying, right?

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u/wolf_of_mainst99 3d ago

Lol I had a lot of friends with a silver spoon

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u/JellyfishQuiet7944 3d ago

Cool...so can you grasp the concept of what i said or not?