Over the past two weeks, we’ve introduced you to the basics of private market investing… From why you must invest in the private market, to how to set up your portfolio for the best chance of success. This week, we’re moving onto something even more exciting: How you can get…
Have you ever heard the expression, “Will it play in Peoria?” It’s a figure of speech that dates back to the vaudeville era. Today, in the business world, if a new product idea “plays in Peoria,” that means it will appeal to the average American consumer. As it turns out,…
My business partner Howard Lindzon just posted a fascinating article (I’ll link to it below)… Howard’s a very successful investor, and in his post, he explores a question that he (and almost every other successful investor) gets asked often: What’s the key to your success: skill or luck? And more…
This might sound awful, but I’m going to say it anyway: I love it when I’m right... Especially when everyone else is dead wrong. For example, when Matt and I started Crowdability, people said we were crazy. They said individual investors like you would never make money in this market.…
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Nearly three years ago, Matt and I set out on a mission: We aimed to teach everyday investors how to make money in early-stage investing. From the very beginning, naysayers said it couldn’t be done. Thankfully we ignored them. More than 100,000 investors have now subscribed to our free and…
An Angel Investor is an individual who invests in young, start-up companies. They’re called “Angels” because, to a struggling entrepreneur in need of capital, that’s exactly what they seem to be. In exchange for providing a start-up with investment capital, angels receive a stake in a young company—and since they’re…
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A Venture Capitalist (or, VC for short) is a professional investor that manages a venture fund. These funds are similar to Mutual Funds, but instead of investing in stocks, they invest in privately-held start-up companies. In exchange for investing in these start-ups before they become proven businesses, venture capitalists can…
Made might be the wrong word here. Raised is more like it. You see, when Matt and I first launched Crowdability, we raised $1 million from investors to help grow our business. From start to finish, it took us 21 days to pull together the entire investment. Relatively speaking, that’s…
The term “start-up” can mean many things: It might refer to two friends working in a garage with nothing more than an idea... It might refer to a multi-billion dollar private company on the verge of an IPO... Or it might refer to something in between. The thing is, as…
A few months from now, one of the most powerful organizations in the U.S. will make a major announcement. We believe it could trigger one of the largest transfers of wealth our country has ever seen. If you own stocks, ETFs, mutual funds or have a 401(k) or IRA, you…
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