NEW YORK, NY – A highly anticipated panel of the nation's most successful female founders, convened by Inc. magazine, delivered a stark and universally applicable piece of advice to aspiring entrepreneurs this week: simply acquire wealth before attempting to build a business. The groundbreaking revelation, hailed as 'refreshingly honest' by some, cut through the usual platitudes of 'grit' and 'passion.'

"Look, everyone talks about bootstrapping and passion, but honestly, the biggest game-changer for me was inheriting a trust fund that covered all my living expenses for the first decade," admitted Cassandra Thorne, CEO of 'Synergy Solutions Co.' "It really frees you up to focus on customer obsession when you're not worried about, you know, eating or paying rent. It's hard-won advice, but someone has to say it."

Another panelist, tech mogul Dr. Evelyn Reed, echoed the sentiment, adding, "Confidence is key, of course, but it's significantly easier to project unwavering self-assurance when you know your parents own half of Nantucket. That kind of financial cushion really lets you 'trust your instincts' without the pesky fear of utter ruin."

The panel concluded by encouraging attendees to 'manifest generational wealth' and 'network with their existing affluent relatives' as primary strategies for entrepreneurial success. "It's about leverage," explained Thorne. "And sometimes, that leverage is just a really good family lawyer who set up your offshore accounts when you were 12."

The advice is expected to be widely adopted by those who were already rich, and largely ignored by everyone else.