I Lost My 7-Figure Fortune and My Wife to a Rare Disease

This isn't just a business story; it's a story of survival. I Lost My 7-Figure Fortune and My Wife to a Rare Disease. Matthew Spaur shares his deeply personal journey of building a seven-figure portfolio from his time at Microsoft, only to face a "perfect storm": a difficult startup newspaper, the 9/11 economic crash, and the devastating diagnosis of Porphyria, a rare disease that afflicted his family. This is a profound look at the human side of entrepreneurship. You'll learn about the immense, unspoken struggles of being a founder and a caregiver, the psychological weight of shame after failure, and the long, "slow and steady" path to rebuilding a life and career after hitting rock bottom.

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🕒 CHAPTERS

00:00 - How I Built a 7-Figure Portfolio at Microsoft

07:01 - The Joke: "How Do You Make a Small Fortune?"

10:33 - A Founder's Hardest Lesson: Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should

14:09 - The Newspaper Story That Literally Saved a Life

20:55 - The Shame That Kept Me From Telling This Story

27:54 - My Wife Passed Away. I Woke Up and Said, "I Have to Stop."

31:29 - Porphyria: The Rare Disease That Took My Wife's Life

38:26 - Caregiving: The Unspoken Struggle of Many Entrepreneurs

41:41 - Why Caregiving is a Massive Entrepreneurial Opportunity

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