[graeme]

>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.

[ReligiousFlames]

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?