Yes. A direct investment in a new commercial enterprise she manages is a recognized structure, and it carries the same capital, job creation, lawful source and engagement requirements as any other. What it does not carry is the ability to count the indirect employment that regional centre projects rely on.
The freedom to run it comes with the whole burden of proving it
Investors choosing a direct structure gain control over the site, the business model and the hiring, and take on the evidentiary work that a regional centre would otherwise perform. Bettina's petition must establish the enterprise as a new commercial venture, place the qualifying amount at risk in it, describe a business capable of employing at least ten qualifying workers full-time, prove the lawful source and path of every dollar, and show her own engagement in management or policy formulation. The distinction that catches people is the job count.
A regional centre investor relies on economic modelling that attributes indirect and induced employment to a project; a direct investor counts positions on her own payroll and nothing else. For a production business with a maturation period before serious revenue, the hiring plan and the cash plan have to be built together rather than in sequence.