Bezos took it a step further than most. Small loans of several hundred thousand dollars from his parents paired with actual fraud perpetrated against the major publishers.

In Flood's case, he had a show on his college's radio so his parents bought him a station. He got more stations. Then he became a politician. He has never worked a day in his life.

If you haven't started a business in your garage, you just need to remarket yourself to yourself. I once sold some old clothes on ebay and one of the items went to Canada I am an international designer jeans exporter.