John Wetmore argues against dismissing established companies as mere "practice" grounds. He contends that people can build real wealth at any company, not just startups, and that being actively engaged in the game matters more than the company's stage.
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I hate that when people are like, I didn't succeed because it was my practice company. Yeah, I'm like, dude, I'm either practicing or I'm playing, man, and I'm, I'm, I'm in the game at least, you know what I mean? So even when people say that, I'm like, I've just never liked that word. Other than maybe a new company just getting started, but anybody that's been established, dude, there's people printing money at every company. Oh, 100%. There's someone rich at every established company out there, and hell, plenty of ones that are not established. Yes, yes. You know, and I, again, even some of them that I disagree with their business model, there's people that are rich there.