Every week, venture capital firms see dozens of new deals… Over the course of a year, a 3 or 4-person firm might see several thousand of them. But can you guess how many they invest in? Let’s take a look… The Funnel Satya Patel, a venture capitalist with Homebrew Ventures, recently…
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“Holy crap,” we thought when we first heard about the JOBS Act. “Retail investors are going to get killed.” For the first time in more than 80 years, this historic piece of legislation was about to let ordinary citizens invest in start-ups. Have you ever noticed that people tend to invest…
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Editor's Note: 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 at 8am EST. This Week’s Best Reading Doing The Hustle, State by State…
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Yesterday San Francisco 49ers' Quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, signed a 6-year, $126 million contract. Imagine if he had offered you a cut of his future earnings for an upfront cash payment? That would've been huge. Well, a new crowdfunding platform is offering you just that: They’re giving you access to the future…
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,…
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Editor's Note: 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 at 8am EST. This Week’s Best Reading Look Who’s Cheerleading…
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What’s the #1 reason a start-up fails? It runs out of money! And why would it run out of money? Because nobody wants the product it’s selling! For early-stage investors, this presents a bit of a conundrum: If a product doesn’t exist yet, how do you figure out if there’s…
I'm writing this from a sunny sand dune in Wrightsvillle Beach, North Carolina. Every summer, I spend a long weekend here – with my folks, my sister, and my better half, Cynthia – to celebrate my dad's birthday. The town might sound familiar to you. It’s named after two entrepreneurial…
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Editor's Note: 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 at 8am EST. This Week’s Best Reading Uber: The Next…
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Equity Crowdfunding is on a roll. Angels have already invested $393 million into deals on the biggest platforms. And this is still the first inning: many predict this new form of venture capital will become a $300 billion industry. To put that in perspective, traditional sources of early-stage financing, like venture capital,…
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