Most founders chase more customers.
The smarter play is finding customers with growing budgets.
Growth is easier when your market is getting richer than you are.
The 40-hour workweek was invented for factory output. Your brain has about 4 truly creative hours per day.
The other 36? You're just proving you can suffer in front of a laptop.
Your 20s are for "earning", not money, but "career capital." You're building skills, reputation, and relationships that compound. The money comes later.