“Holy crap,” we thought when we first heard about the JOBS Act. “Retail investors are going to get killed.” For the first time in more than 80 years, this historic piece of legislation was about to let ordinary citizens invest in start-ups. Have you ever noticed that people tend to invest…
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I was “carded” recently outside a swanky club in downtown NYC. It was a 30-second inconvenience. And, frankly, at my age, having to prove that I’m 21 just makes me smile. But I got “carded” in a different way a few days later – and this time it was a…
$1 trillion is a ridiculous number. With 12 zeroes, it takes a couple of inches just to write it: $1,000,000,000,000. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, here’s a little piece of trivia for you: For the first time ever, U.S. student loan debt now exceeds $1 trillion. After home…
It’s time for another pop quiz… Can you guess where this line is from? “A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.” Who guessed Justin Timberlake from the movie, “The Social Network”? Ding ding ding! Yes, Justin recited that line as he played the part of Sean Parker,…
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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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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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When life gets bumpy, some people ask, “Why me?” To avoid a bumpy ride when investing in early-stage companies, it’s best to ask, “Why now?” The above passage is from the “7th Commandment” section of our whitepaper, The 10 Commandments of Crowdfund Investing, which can be found on our Resources…
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The paperback book came flying at me like a drunk bird. It hit my chest and dropped to my lap. “Read it,” said the short-tempered money manager (and book-thrower) who’d been interviewing me for a job on Wall Street. “Then we’ll talk.” So I read the book. And a few…
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