Sometimes there’s more than one way to buy into an investment. Take gold, for example. Sure, you could buy physical gold bars or a gold mutual fund. But you could also invest in a gold mine! It’s the same thing with equity crowdfunding. You could: Invest in the companies featured…
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Warren Buffett – renowned investor and 2nd richest man in the country after Bill Gates – once wrote an article called, “The Superinvestors of Graham & Doddsville.” With a title that sounds like a Dr. Seuss book, it rebutted a popular theory on the stock market called “efficient market theory”…
In 1884, the folks erecting the Statue of Liberty ran out of money. Joseph Pulitzer, a big shot publisher, took to his “New York World” newspaper and encouraged Americans to donate so Lady Liberty could be completed. Evidently, Mr. Pulitzer was persuasive. More than 125,000 people donated over $100,000 –…
Video games that can cure cancer… Computerized contact lenses… A train that travels at the speed of sound… It’s exciting to hear about far-out ideas like these when they show up in the news. But like many “big ideas,” they can be closer to science fiction than to reality. Actually,…
Why the heck would Google invest $250 million into a start-up that’s basically a taxi service? Or here’s another one for you: Why would one man invest hundreds of millions of dollars trying to send ordinary citizens into space, or building a car company from scratch? We generally assume that…
You’ve heard us say it time and time again: when it comes to early-stage investing, it pays to be a follower! On Wednesday, Matt showed you how to follow Venture Capitalists into equity crowdfunding deals » That’s a super smart strategy for finding high-quality investments that brand name “VCs” are putting money…
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“Who are these companies raising money online?” read the email in my inbox yesterday. “Can’t they raise money the old-fashioned way?” Over the last few weeks, we’ve received several emails at Crowdability asking similar questions. It seems some of our members have concerns about the quality of start-ups on crowdfunding platforms.…
The early bird catches the worm. Not a bad proverb to live by. But as it relates to the world of early-stage investing, there’s not just one type of early bird — there are two. The first type, the crack-of-dawn early bird, invests in start-ups that consist of a couple of engineers with…
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“Can I really make money with equity crowdfunding? I mean, does this even make sense for someone like me? I’m not a 'professional' investor.” Every week, we receive emails from Crowdability subscribers asking different versions of this same question. Most investors agree that equity crowdfunding sounds promising and exciting, but…
Here’s a quick experiment. What comes to mind when you see the words, “Mutual funds”? Diversification? Stocks? Portfolios? That’s what comes to my mind. Oh, and I’d add one more: Boring. Yes, boring. Mutual funds are a time-tested way to enjoy the benefits of diversification, but compared to the excitement…
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