Comment by madaxe_again

Eh, I started with not much more than that (£5k) about ten years ago, and now have an eight figure equities portfolio, built entirely from that seed capital.

All buy & hold forever, layered sell-off, buy the next thing, take some profit for me and the taxman. Enough moved into stable instruments (bonds, real estate) that I can afford to lose the whole shebang.

So yeah, $3k is plenty, if you buy inevitable winners. Just… look at the broad sweep of the future and buy supply chains. Shovels in a gold rush and all that.