Everyone starts somewhere, for most people this is learning on the job or an extra curricular pursuit.
Your time is worthless.
2/ Result generation
As you get more competent, your skill set becomes more and more marketable. You can generate a result independently of the infrastructure you learned in.
The internet makes it possible to build projects in public to validate demand in real-time.
Visualize Value didn't begin with a very specific business plan, it was simply a curiosity (philosophy, business, mindset) combined with a set of competencies (branding, design, marketing)