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Re:Hanging up my spurs by graeme on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @05:07PM (#14207002)
>Ferriss pulled out because he's no good at it. (Easier to be a charlatan in books rather than investing).

Can you elaborate on that? He's spoken about his startup portfolio being a disturbingly high portion of his net worth because it's grown rapidly and is illiquid.

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Re:Hanging up my spurs by ReligiousFlames on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @08:18PM (#14208187)
That is proof of poor investing common-sense: startups, without a sensible inbound qualification pipeline, is just about the riskiest kind of investing. Would anyone want a foolish investor (apart from not caring situations) or rather have a shrew investor whom can add value?
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