There have been numerous cases where early investors turns their small investment into millions because they invested on the right project and where patient enough.
Take Eth, Bnb, Sol, for example, any investor who was able to buy at the initial price and hodl since then will be very happy with their investment even if it is small amount.
This is no longer new, the important aspect of this is to be patient.
You know how much difficult it could be holding any other coins than Bitcoin, at some point Bitcoin is the coin that have the holding potential compared to other coins, hence most times it can be very difficult for anyone to buy and hold other coins other than Bitcoin perhaps it can can also be very difficult to identify a good project since majority of them can just merely be scam project such as pumb and dump where those that bought the intention of holding will run at loss, altcoins can be very risky the reason why it is most advisable to deal with only an amount one can afford to lose.