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I'm not exactly sure that we should be encouraging the opening of these types of "small businesses".

Why not? These businesses have made multi millionaires out of regular people. Linus of LTT was offered $100 million for his company. How many ~10 year old companies get valued like that? Started by some regular relatable person with a regular background?

Young adults have seen how corporations treat regular people. They’re not very eager to sign up for the pain train that millennials went through. YouTube is a real career path with significantly bigger upside than almost any opportunity young adults have today

A few become millionaires. Most hustle for pennies. Some just enjoy the process.

Let me know when you find that magical no-risk millionaire-maker job

If [0] is to be believed then a YT career requires beating at least 96.4% of the other channels. To be a millionaire you'll need to do even better. It's probably easier to try for a career in data science, law, or medicine.

[0] https://alanspicer.com/what-percentage-of-youtubers-make-mon...

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