Read This or Go Broke

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…

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Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Angel Investing Facebook Early-stage Risk Asset Allocation Peter Thiel The Angel Initiative

Three Top Tech ETFs to Own Long-term

We write a lot at Crowdability about investing in early-stage, private companies. And rightfully so – Historically, private start-ups have delivered the highest returns of any asset class. But you can use Crowdability for public stock market investing, too. To show you what I mean, today we’ll show you three big themes we follow…

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Tags: Private Alpha Cyber Security Etfs HACK Cloud Computing

The Next Generation of Biotech Profits

When I was 10-years-old, I noticed something disturbing about my neighbor: He wasn’t old, but his hands trembled terribly, and he walked with small, stiff steps. “Why does Mr. Ward walk like that?” I remember asking my mother. She explained that he was sick, but that it wasn’t contagious like…

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Tags: Biotech Alzheimers

Do NOT Invest In These Companies

Today, I’ll tell you the amazing story of a once-mighty company. Formerly valued at $1 billion, it’s now being sold off for pennies on the dollar. Then I’m going to show you something even more important: How to ensure that you never invest in a business like that. From Fabulous…  In 2011, a company called Fab…

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Tags: Risk Of Ruin CrowdabilityIQ

Bitcoin Crash (Part 2) Coming?

You rely on Crowdability to bring you the best deals. Now, rely on us to share the most up-to-date news, trends and opinion. You won’t find this stuff in the mainstream press. Look for it every Friday morning. This Week’s Best Reading Uber’s New BHAG “Big Hairy Audacious Goal.” Yup,…

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Tags: Uber Bitcoin Redpoint Ventures