“Double down!” my friend Walter screamed in my ear. “DOUBLE DOWN!” It was my 18th birthday, and my first time playing blackjack in a casino. I grew up in New York City, where, among my group of friends, the right of passage when we turned 18 was to make a…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Crowdfunding Angel Investing Ourcrowd Jon Medved Follow-on Investing Early-stage Early-stage Investing
Every once in a while you come across an opportunity that seems like a “sure thing...” An opportunity where it feels like you’re looking into a crystal ball – where you can see the future playing out before your eyes. I felt that way back in the winter of 2005.…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Crowdfunding JOBS Act Title III Title 3 Investing Angellist Research
“What year is it?” That’s what I heard when I picked up my phone yesterday. It was an old friend on the line, someone I used to work with on Wall Street. “Umm, 2013?” I replied. “Good, just checking – because based on this Twitter IPO, I thought it was…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Crowdfunding Venture Capital Education Early-stage Investing Twitter IPO Angel Investors
Pop quiz! Can you name the movie these lines are from? Iceman: “You can be my wingman any time.” Maverick: “Bull@%&$! You can be mine.” I know, I know: that was an easy one. Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise in “Top Gun.” But here’s why it’s such an easy one.…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Crowdfunding Early-stage Investing Angellist Angel List
Investing can give you whiplash. One day it seems like you know exactly what you’re doing. The next day you turn on CNBC and some “talking head” is preaching about how wrong you are. In the late 90’s, you were “missing out” if you weren’t investing in dot-com companies. In 2001, you…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Crowdfunding Education Early-stage Early-stage Investing Warren Buffett Fred Wilson
Once or twice in every generation, a new invention will change the trajectory of entire industries – the assembly line during the industrial revolution, for example, or the Internet in the ‘90s. We, and many others in the technology community, believe that “3D Printing,” or “Personal Manufacturing,” is our generation’s…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Crowdfunding Meta 3d Printing Augmented Reality Gaming Wefunder Ycombinator
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…
Tags: Crowdfunding Realcrowd Education Investing Real Estate Crowdfunding Invest In Real Estate
“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…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Crowdfunding MicroVentures Secondary Shares
“Diversification is protection against ignorance.” That little gem comes courtesy of one of the world’s most successful stock market investors: Warren Buffett. And we must admit, Mr. Buffett has done pretty well for himself without the benefits of diversification. That said, we’re not so sure how Mr. Buffett would do…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Crowdfunding Angel Investing Early-stage Investing Kauffman Foundation Diversification
Sign up for our free newsletter to learn about crowdfunding
Thank you for subscribing!
Just enter your e-mail address below & get this guide instantly
No thanks, I’d like to continue making next to nothing in the stock market.
