Wow that's young to make a success of your own business, good on you.
To be clear I was made redundant and had to make some tough choices in a market that wasnt employing my trade, so in some ways my hand was forced. Happily my business partner was also made redundant.
There was 5 - 6 years of limited money, working as a bouncer to make ends meet, living in shitty rented apartments, spending what little money i had to travel to see my then teacher etc.
Definately not a plain sailing story but all of that makes me appreciate the position i am now in all the more.
Most people I know who succeeded early had parents who also were successful business people.
My parents got divorced when i was young, so I was raised by my mother and grandmother. My mother was a PHD Veterinary Biologist for 50 years. She was wholey underpaid and struggled to raise me and my brother alone. So my story is quite different i guess.