The best way to get rich is selling insurances. There is good money to be made with what is basically shovelling papers and.. ... doing well in marketing / sales. And that's the kicker. Because the good sales people have much better jobs, which are interresting to the sales geek. But if you are the only smart guy in your region, you can pull it off quite easily. Off course it is boring work, that's the downside. And the real reason for taking up venture capital: to get your world changing idea funded (realized).
As a current entrepreneur and the son of a PhD physicist insurance salesman, I don't agree that the best way to get rich is to sell insurance. As far as I could tell, selling insurance seemed to be hard, slow, and not especially lucrative, even for somebody relatively smart.
It's not about IQ. It's about selling IQ. I know a guy pulling 500k who is at best a 100 on the IQ scale, but he creates instant rapport with a twinkle of his eye.
