Becoming successful (and getting stonkingly rich) today
Discussion
I recalled over the weekend a thread from about 10 years ago on here somewhere, titled something like "how to make serious money/become wealthy" or similar.
Seem to remember it ran to many pages, and the general consensus was rise to the very top of your chosen profession or become a business owner and exit.
For reference i'm talking "realistic" methods and not be a top footballer or whatever. I'm also talking about from a standing start.
Setting aside being a top of the tree employee somewhere and focusing on business, a lot has changed in 10 years and I reckon it's a lot harder now in the UK than it once was.... true? It also appears that that the type of businesses people aspire to start (and which are increasingly relevant today) are heavily tech/services based and for an online world.
I don't see that many of my age or under (millennials backwards) are interested in "old school" industry; manufacturing, engineering, commodities of all types, importing, large scale food supply..... widgets......carpet production.... waste management.....whatever!! Beige industries.....
Is that kind of thing all sewn up by long established players with barriers to entry too high now? Someone's got to do this stuff as the population ages and time moves on! Or do they...... has globalisation taken that away from us?
I find it interesting to think about opportunities for enterprising individuals in the "olde worlde" but presumably still highly necessary industries beyond the world of services and tech.
Where's the opportunity in the UK in 2024?
Seem to remember it ran to many pages, and the general consensus was rise to the very top of your chosen profession or become a business owner and exit.
For reference i'm talking "realistic" methods and not be a top footballer or whatever. I'm also talking about from a standing start.
Setting aside being a top of the tree employee somewhere and focusing on business, a lot has changed in 10 years and I reckon it's a lot harder now in the UK than it once was.... true? It also appears that that the type of businesses people aspire to start (and which are increasingly relevant today) are heavily tech/services based and for an online world.
I don't see that many of my age or under (millennials backwards) are interested in "old school" industry; manufacturing, engineering, commodities of all types, importing, large scale food supply..... widgets......carpet production.... waste management.....whatever!! Beige industries.....
Is that kind of thing all sewn up by long established players with barriers to entry too high now? Someone's got to do this stuff as the population ages and time moves on! Or do they...... has globalisation taken that away from us?
I find it interesting to think about opportunities for enterprising individuals in the "olde worlde" but presumably still highly necessary industries beyond the world of services and tech.
Where's the opportunity in the UK in 2024?
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