>>70139489>start with literally nothing except an ideafalse, they started as a pet project from Cover, a corporation
>pitch it to a bunch of people, eventually it sticks and yagoo decides to jv with your ideaYagoo was the one with the idea of making hololive, Sora was someone they hired
>build the entire concept and brand from scratch with hard-earned handchange yagoo has saved up from his salaryman days, and a few hundred bucks of birthday moneyThe concept was copied from .LIVE and Yagoo wasn't a salaryman he had money from his rich parents, and was a failed businessman that tried to make a VR 3D pingpong game
>somehow get a setup going with the help of your friend A-chanThey used the VR setup in the office of Cover, that they already had because of the VR pingong game
>scrape enough money to get a model and rig itAgain, Yagoo had money from his parents
>build your empire through blood, sweat, and tearsThey pretty much leech from Nijisanji and then got money from Chinese investors
>fight doubts day in and day out, everyone around you thinks you're crazy except yagoo and A-chanYagoo had connections and made an exclusive contract with NicoNico douga, so Sora would stream there for money
>your parents constantly try to dissuade you, want you to go to school and study to be a doctor or a lawyer insteadYagoo was already a university graduate, and Sora was on her late 20s when hololive was launched, she had few gigs as a 3rd tier Seiyuu
>eventually you make it, this hard work, dedication, and foundational bricklaying has earned you a title of great reverence: daisenpaiShe is pretty much the daisenpai because she was hired first
>get hired because you've made some subpar wigger music and have a vague interest in japanShe was living in Japan, knew music industry people and had enough talent to be the first holo to sign a music deal with a company, even before Suisei. She also was the first holo to have a sololive 3D concert in a real place and not just online.