A good take there!
“Wait, who said anything about investment? I just wanted to learn more about your product. It looked pretty cool” …. This pretty much sums 
it up for anyone. And I’m glad, as a first time Entrepreneur and Founder of a bootstrapped, early stage startup (http://IRememba.com) , that I share and talk about my Startup with any or everyone .. Why would I not!?!
I agree with most of your analysis there. + the fact that EGO kills everything .. not just Businesses. 
Nice Read!