If you think getting rich is about a "diversified portfolio" when it comes to investing, maybe investing in startups isn't for you. While diversification will keep your money "safer" — if there is such a thing — funding startups and making acquisitions is about focus and making big bets in businesses that are often wild and crazy.
I used to be that guy. I used to be the one who didn’t want to tell people my idea for fear that someone would steal it. After all, ideas are worth millions, right? Wrong.
We develop habits all the time, repeating behaviors that reward us in some way: things like making to-do lists, multi-tasking, procrastinating when you know you have a looming deadline and wearing a condom.