Over the past few days, I’ve described a unique investment technique that if performed right just once, can allow you to never worry about money again. I’m talking about venture capital-style investing. As I’ve covered, venture capitalists are the grand slam home run hitters of the investment world. They back small companies in their early stages. When it comes to evaluating early-stage companies, I use a “five factor” analytical model. In my experience, the biggest early-stage stock winners tend to have five key qualities that define their businesses.

What would you do with an extra million dollars in cash? Retire tomorrow? Buy a new house? Buy a Ferrari? Put it in the bank and massively increase your financial freedom? Sure, it’s nice to daydream about having an extra million dollars in the bank. But I’m asking you this question because it’s a real-life situation the financial backers of early-stage companies – venture capitalists – often find themselves in. When it comes to extreme wealth creation, few endeavors can compare to being an owner of a small company that grows large.

What were you doing in 1992? The Soviet Union had just collapsed. Bill Clinton defeated George Bush in the presidential election. Roseanne, Home Improvement, and Cheers were huge TV shows. The roaring ‘90s were just getting started. And a new technology called the “Internet” was being introduced to America. Now imagine that around that time, you truly understood how this new technology would change the world. Imagine you could see the major new industries that would fan off the Internet’s creation in a dozen different directions, like spokes on a wheel.