Risk Lover

  

Categories: Managed Funds

Wasn't Milton Bradley one of these?

Well, if you're going into venture capital, for example, or you're an entrepreneur trying to change the world, then you'd better be one of these. Loving risk means marrying it, not dating it. You're in a groove, wanting to iterate many times, hoping to relentlessly pursue your dreams and increase your odds of success by try, try, trying again and again.

So...good luck with that. Remember us when you're...somebody.

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