I am there with you on the emotions. I'm older but have not invested more than I can loose but if this were to go South, it would certainly hurt, most likely would not make it back due to time left. I take comfort from Mary777's words, "Trust your CEO's past." His track record says to me that he's legit and trying.
Kind of tickled me to listen to him, I was a pretty good vacuum salesman in my younger days! LOL