Vivian Tu
Your Rich BFF
“I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?”
Bestie, this is not either or, it is sequencing. Rule one: the emergency fund is sacred. Three to six months of expenses that never, ever touches the dream. Whatever sits above that line is your betting money. Give the idea a real budget and a real deadline, in writing, and while you build it, squeeze every other lever: negotiate the salary, the rent, the bills, because that funds the runway without touching the safety net.
Rich people bet on themselves constantly. They just never bet the rent.
Sample response from this soul, not a quotation or endorsement.