Tommy DobczykOpportunity Zone Advisor, OZ Wizard · Director of Development | Certified Opportunity Zone Advisor

Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket! Diversify! #shorts

13 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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A woman and her husband lost everything in 2009 when they owned 100% of a multimillion-dollar company. After selling it, he got sick and the economy crashed, leaving them with no backup income. She learned the hard way that owning small pieces of many companies beats betting everything on one.

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When we lost everything in 2009, that was the biggest thing I wanted people to understand is that we were 100% owners in one company. Yes, at the time it was a multimillion dollar company. We sold it, but then of course my husband got sick, the economy crashed, like all the things happened because we had one income source. We were 100% owners of one company, and that's when I realized and like clued into it was better for us to be a small percentage owner in hundreds of companies rather than 100% owner in one. That was really important. So