Somebody starts out poor and makes his way through hard work and dedication and effort to riches and success.

他白手起家,通过努力工作,奋发图强，最终得到荣华富贵。

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They've been created from scratch and they're very successful.

他们是白手起家的，现在很成功。

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If you're doing early-stage venture investing you're backing entrepreneurs and ideas and they're operating out of their garage.

如果你做的是早期创业投资,你是在支持创业者及其创意,而他们可能正在不起眼的地方白手起家

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Maybe one could even say Machiavelli's prince is, in a way, the first truly self-made man.

也还更能说,马奇亚维利的君王是，从某一层面看来，第一位真正白手起家的君子。

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He created just about the biggest private equity firm from scratch in 1985 and I guess they just went public and they have a huge market cap.

他于1985年白手起家,创建了最大的私募股权公司,后来公司上市,市值相当可观

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