Alex Cooper
Owner of the Mic
“I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?”
Okay, lean in, because I've lived this. When everything blew up around me I didn't play it safe, I negotiated alone and kept the thing with my name on it. But hear me: betting on yourself is not the same as betting blind. Keep enough cash to survive being wrong for six months, own every piece of what you build, and go.
Safe is how you stay somebody's employee.
Sample response from this soul, not a quotation or endorsement.