I own 3 companies and I am a co-founder of another one. It took me sometime and many failures to learn a very important lesson in life. Success is not measured by how much money you have. I guess in some peoples opinions its measured by money, but I wouldnt consider that to be the wisest perception of success. Success is stepping outside of yourself to realize your passions and to pursue them. It is understanding the talents that you have, and using them. Success is moving forward when everything else is telling you not to. Failure is giving in.