They say that good luck is where opportunity meets preparation. Unfortunately, regardless of how much practice has been established, naiveté, greed, arrogance, and stupidity will always reign supreme.

This is my story. It is a story of how four years of pitching to one of the largest Network television companies in America resulted in two television pilot deals, and how the mere idea of money – not a lot of money – made three of my colleagues lose their minds. They went for the quick buck instead of the long-term financial and creative strategy, and we – meaning me – lost everything.