Parents Gave Brother $320K, Me $0. He Failed, I Succeeded. They Sued Me For It……

I graduated validictorian. Got a card with 50 bucks in it. College was four years of grinding. I worked three part-time jobs. Campus IT, tutoring, freelance web design. My scholarship covered tuition, but I needed money for rent, food, books. I worked 30 hours a week on top of full-time classes. graduated with a 3.

8 GPA, 15,000 in savings, and zero debt. “Tyler graduated from Cornell with a 2.4 GPA and 200,000 in student loans my parents had co-signed.” “The job market is tough for new grads,” Mom explained when Tyler moved back home with no job offers. “I was already working, already building. At 20, I started my business. e-commerce, tech accessories, phone cases, charging cables, laptop stands.

Spent six months researching suppliers, studying the market, learning logistics. Started with $2,000 of my own money. First year, 45,000 in revenue, 12,000 profit after expenses. I reinvested every penny, worked 18our days, day job plus business at night. Tyler was 24 then. on his second failed business venture. The first was a food truck.

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