“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…
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“Startup.” Ah, what an exciting word… It brings to mind the anticipation and wealth-building potential of being part of “The Next Facebook” or “The Next Google.” But for a handful of smart investors, the word “startup” conjures up something that’s a little less world changing, but (depending on how you…
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“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…
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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…
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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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“Wait a second,” said my girlfriend. “Aren’t you supposed to be showing people how to make money?” I’d just shared this week’s essay topic with her. Now she was looking at me like I had three heads. She had a point. It’s true that we generally try to show you…
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Slipping a tight blazer over his tee-shirt, the entrepreneur bounded onto the stage. He glowed with confidence as he presented the vision for “Qwiki,” his technology start-up: Qwiki would automatically create short videos on search terms like Albert Einstein orLady Gaga. With sight, sound and motion, the search experience would become entertaining…
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