Sure, but the idea is to figure out ONE solution that will work for the most amount of people. You add the qualification of a person "prepped to own a business". I don't think most people ARE prepped to own a business. I am also personally reluctant to seek an employment path (hence why I work for myself), but the experiment is not to figure out what would work for me or you, but to come up with the best "one size fits all" 5-6 year path to $75k that you can. I'm not sure that 'starting a business' is it, for a random group of people.
And also, while you aren't necessarily wrong, just saying "start a smart business" is too vague to be actionable. The idea of the experiment is to be able to give the people in each group a specific 5-6 year action plan.
I view entrepreneurship as a path in and of itself, much like becoming a sex trade worker or farrier or plumber. It demands a certain skill set, yes, but so does any path. A sex trade worker has copious options -street work, escort, massage parlour, etc- but we wouldn't narrow it down that far to call it actionable, would we?
And most people aren't prepped to become engineers, farriers, etc, either until after they've taken certain steps. I think business ownership is only the same.
I'm okay with you feeling it's too vague, etc, but I stand by it, and I assume I'm just not communicating my concept well enough.
I don't think it matters as much what type of business a person opts to own, the key is to develop the skills of business ownership, which I view as a trade/profession in and of itself. It's highly actionable, and one would prepare for it much in the same way they would prepare to become a farrier or engineer: learn, study, apprentice, practice, build a reputation, network, etc.
I think one of the great disservices we do to each other these days is not teach business ownership. For a long time, almost everyone was a business owner. They developed those skills, and many achieved mind-blowing amounts within their lifetime (not so much cash, as cash hasn't always been the currency, but to transform land, build, feed multiple people right out of the land, etc, that's some stunning achievement, and I believe the capacity is transferable if we don't dumb each other down by tricking each other into employment).