Until you get into the board meeting and realize you don't get to just do whatever you want to do while telling everyone what is best. If you go cowboy, you bet

Until you get into the board meeting and realize you don't get to just do whatever you want to do while telling everyone what is best. If you go cowboy, you better make sure it 100% pays off, otherwise your time to failure is going to be quite short. At best you don't get more funding, at worst you get yourself blacklisted.