{
  "id": 11157830,
  "title": "The Best Investment I Ever Made Cost Me Months of Work and Paid Me Nothing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/the-best-investment-i-ever-made-cost-me-months-of-work-and-paid-me",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-01T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/ari-bloom/the-best-investment-i-ever-made-cost-me-months-of-work-and-paid-me-nothing/91412748"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "I gave away my time and ideas with no expectation of payment. The access and perspective I gained eventually helped launch a new company.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}