If success is $5,000,000 in 10 years, it’s a small business not a startup. For a startup that would be failure but a practical road would be to take a few hundred million in investments.
Not that $5,000,000 isn't a lot of money for someone when it is yours. It’s just not very much when it is other people’s money.
If that was my goal, I would build a business trading in physical goods. For example buying on Ali Express and reselling. My exit target would be selling to a mom and pop investor looking for cashflow. Big corporations rarely buy small businesses because small deals take about as much time as big ones but have smaller upsides.
Not that $5,000,000 isn't a lot of money for someone when it is yours. It’s just not very much when it is other people’s money.
If that was my goal, I would build a business trading in physical goods. For example buying on Ali Express and reselling. My exit target would be selling to a mom and pop investor looking for cashflow. Big corporations rarely buy small businesses because small deals take about as much time as big ones but have smaller upsides.
Good luck.