Two ways to become powerful on Steemit and anything in life. You either have lots of money or lots of influence.

If you have both, you are unstoppable. 

If you think about it, there are whales out there that help minnows if their content is really good. I've been helped out by certain whales which is amazing. Some are generous and some are not, but it's fine as long as you produce great content!

@noisy