SOMEBODY will win the lottery. That doesn't actually increase your chances.

Everything I write, all the advice I give, is increasing the chance that the person I'm talking to will experience success. Some people get rich off consumer products. Some people get rich selling sex, or cool, or experiences. Some people do manage to sell into very tough (but lucrative) industries. But those are all a lot harder than taking the easy path of creating tools for people like you, who have problems you can solve, and who pay money.

Me, I don't like risk. I also never tell people that my way is the only way. It's simply the way with the highest likelihood of returns.

EDIT: By the by, I recently sold back my 12% share in a VERY promising, disruptive startup in the legal space… WITH insider knowledge and connections. The major cofounders worked their tails off for years doing everything right and for their troubles? They got almost zero buy-in. Then they clawed back shares for one last do-or-die thrust (which imo is more likely to be die than do). Unlike many people, I'm speaking from experience.