For the better part of 2014, Matt and I conducted an intense research project. Our goal? To identify a proven process for successful early-stage investing. In order to accomplish this goal, we sought out the most successful venture capitalists and angel investors—and over the course of a year, we sat…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Angel Investing Venture Capital Portfolio Profits
I have a close friend named Adam who’s an “addict.” But he’s not addicted to drugs or alcohol... He’s addicted to start-ups. “I can’t help myself,” he once told me. “Whenever I hear a great pitch for a new start-up, I want to write a check and invest in the company…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Angel Investing Investing CrowdabilityIQ Wine
Some of the wealthiest people I know are surprisingly stingy: They avoid picking up the tab at dinner... They give lousy birthday presents... And they never spoil their children or spouse with lavish gifts. But as I’ve come to learn, this genetic “thriftiness” might give them a great advantage as…
As Matt explained yesterday, we spent the past year sitting down with some of the world’s most successful early-stage investors. These folks have made fortunes backing private companies. But let’s be clear: they didn’t reap these rewards without taking on risk. So one of the critical concepts we researched was how they handled…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Angel Investing Facebook Early-stage Risk Asset Allocation Peter Thiel The Angel Initiative
Want to boost your investment returns and pay lower taxes?Thanks to Uncle Sam, now you can. To entice its citizens to back start-ups, our government is offering big tax breaks. Today, we’ll show you three “tax hacks” for early-stage investors. You’ll get all the profit potential that early-stage companies offer... And you can save at…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Angel Investing Early-stage Investing
When some people hear the words “Private Equity,” here’s what usually comes to mind:Big risks. Unproven companies. Big potential returns. But today I’ll show you another way to invest in private equity: It still offers big upside potential... But without all the risk. Getting in Early The earlier you invest in a start-up, the…
Tags: Crowdfunding Uber JOBS Act Pre-IPO EquityZen
Just before 11 p.m. on a recent Sunday evening, we were alerted to the presence of a gruesome set of written confessions. We quickly inspected them, but found no revelations of adultery, theft, or murder. No--their subject matter was of a far more unusual type: They were confessions of failure… More…
Tags: CB Insights
A 2008 study by entrepreneurship scholar Michael Song proved that the longer a new start-up stays in business, the higher its likelihood for eventual success. That’s great, but when a company is just getting started, how can an investor possibly predict which start-ups will be able to survive and which…
Everyone has their own way of finding new trading opportunities. Some folks swear by technical analysis. Others trade on news or upcoming corporate actions. We, on the other hand, are big fans of using our research into early-stage tech companies to guide our public stock market trades. And it looks…
Tags: Uber Private Alpha Transportation
For most things in life, more is better. Vacation… Happiness... Square feet. But for others, more can be worse. One surprising example? Money. Hey, quit laughing! I’m serious… In certain cases, it really is better to have less money. One of those cases: start-ups. As we learned last week from a fascinating new study,…
Tags: M&A Fundraising
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