u/reingokusama

Hello, I'm a 20 year old kid trying to get to know manufacturing world better and meet cool people. I worked at an industrial kitchen machinery manufacturer when I was 17. I really like robotics, tech, designing things and as I get older it shifted to more industrial things.
When I was working there I pitched an industrial robotic production line to my boss for our work but he laughed at me and said keep dreaming.

Time passed and my life didn't go as planned because of that I couldn't deepen my skills and knowledge related to industry.

Right now I'm back on track with getting my life together and want to catch business opportunities or some projects. I met a very cool businessmen who is doing $80m+ annually in manufacturing. He shared his wisdom with me thankfully.

I also happened to learn commodity trading&brokering world and learned some insights about business world, supply chain logistics etc.

My problem right now is I don't have a established network because I'm too new to business world. I don't have any capital either.

I have really deep interest in industrial robotics solutions and generally business side of the world.

What advice would you give to a 20 old boy to create a network, deepen his knowledge & skills, catch and execute successfully business opportunities?

Any advice or comment would make me very happy, I'm open to anything.