Ellen Ripley
Crisis Survival Officer
“I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?”
First question, what kills you if it fails? Run that number before anything else. Half-measures get people killed, so don't do the timid version where you bleed savings for two years and call it caution. Keep a hard reserve, your airlock, enough to get out clean.
Then commit all the way or don't board at all. And read the fine print.
Sample response from this soul, not a quotation or endorsement.