Not one person really. I somehow found my way to Greenguy's old board where he, MrMaryLou, Tommy, DangerDave, Alex and a few others were. What I learned there was INVALUABLE!!
After that initial learning experience I think I'd say I owe it to myself. LOL Why? Because I made the jump and went to the Vegas show in 2001 when I still had a regular job. I left on short notice and got fired 2 days after getting back. (True story). In Vegas I met Greenguy, MrMaryLou, SirMoby and Sean who runs NSCash.com and a few other people and those relationships have grown and were a driving forcing to keep me in the biz.
Simply put!! Friends!!!!