Early-stage Playbook Articles

Thursday, April 30, 2020

The Simple "10x Your Money" Rule

When Matt and I first launched Crowdability, we conducted an intense research project. Our goal? To identify a proven process for picking successful startup investments. So, over the course of a year or so, we sat down with more than three dozen of the most successful startup investors in the…

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

[VIDEO] Watch this candid confession...

Last Friday, a British entrepreneur named Cliff Dennett put on a well-pressed shirt and blazer, took a deep breath, and sat down for a painful interview. During the videotaped interrogation, which we’ll link to below, Cliff opens up about why his start-up failed—and why his investors lost all their money.…

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Instantly Find The Best Start-up Investments

Wayne and I played hooky last week. But we weren’t off playing golf or drinking scotch at a bar… We were in midtown Manhattan, at a conference called Finovate. Finovate is perhaps the biggest conference in the world that focuses on the future of finance. At the event, a small…

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Retire With One Investment, Part II

All It Takes Is One. That was the gist of my article last week… The idea that a single investment could create enough wealth to last a lifetime. The article hit a nerve: We received a flood of emails asking for more information – From “How do I get started?” to “Where do…

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