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On those that tell others to “start their own business”

I'm using tires in this example because it's what I know. Let's take Discount Tire/America's Tire's founder Bruce Halle. When he started in 1960, he had “six tires, no plan” (literally his book's name) He borrowed $400 and opened up a shop in an old plumbing shop. Now, to do this in 2022, I was curious and found the following: …you would need a minimum of one hundred and eighty – seven thousand, nine hundred and eighty USD ($187,980) to establish a medium – scale but standard tire retail shop business in any city in the United States of America. source This can probably be trimmed, but the point remains: Starting a business while in poverty is damn near next to impossible for most people.


I'm using tires in this example because it's what I know.

Let's take Discount Tire/America's Tire's founder Bruce Halle. When he started in 1960, he had “six tires, no plan” (literally his book's name)

He borrowed $400 and opened up a shop in an old plumbing shop.

Now, to do this in 2022, I was curious and found the following:

…you would need a minimum of one hundred and eighty – seven thousand, nine hundred and eighty USD ($187,980) to establish a medium – scale but standard tire retail shop business in any city in the United States of America.

source

This can probably be trimmed, but the point remains:

Starting a business while in poverty is damn near next to impossible for most people.

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