Is there a certain subject where you’re an expert? For example, do friends and family come to you for advice about the stock market, or buying a car, or stereo equipment? Now imagine that you had an opportunity to make a great deal of money from your expertise—imagine you could…
Russia and China are entrenched oligarchies. In these nations, a small group of powerful citizens controls the vast majority of a country’s resources, and also its political agenda. Some would argue that Wall Street, too, is an oligarchy: Certainly, for centuries, a handful of banks and brokers have kept an…
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Matt shook his head. “This can’t be right,” he said. "Let’s check it again." We were reviewing the latest findings from our research team, and one particular data point was sticking out like a sore thumb: According to the data (which we eventually triple-checked), online private investing last quarter represented…
The year was 1884. After nine years of construction, The Statue of Liberty was finally on the verge of being completed... But then the city ran out of money. The entire project was put on hold. Luckily, Joseph Pulitzer, the newspaper publisher who created the Pulitzer Prize for journalism, took…
For the better part of 2014, Matt and I conducted an intense research project. Our goal? To identify a proven process for successful early-stage investing. In order to accomplish this goal, we sought out the most successful venture capitalists and angel investors—and over the course of a year, we sat…
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Unprecedented change is coming to the markets this year. A detailed announcement about it will soon be made by one of the United States’ most powerful organizations... And it will trigger one of the largest “gold rushes” we’ve seen in our lifetimes. Surprisingly, the mainstream press has given this event…
I have a close friend named Adam who’s an “addict.” But he’s not addicted to drugs or alcohol... He’s addicted to start-ups. “I can’t help myself,” he once told me. “Whenever I hear a great pitch for a new start-up, I want to write a check and invest in the company…
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Warren Buffett has amassed a fortune of nearly $70 billion. He might well be the most successful investor in history. Last year, during a CNBC interview, he revealed the secret to his success: "I have no idea what the stock market's going to do tomorrow or next week or next…
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Right before our eyes, The JOBS Act is changing how America invests. This new set of U.S. laws is allowing people to pool their money together online and invest in promising start-ups. It’s a concept called “crowdfunding." Initially, the websites that facilitated crowdfunding focused on technology start-ups. Then, sites started…
As Matt explained yesterday, we spent the past year sitting down with some of the world’s most successful early-stage investors. These folks have made fortunes backing private companies. But let’s be clear: they didn’t reap these rewards without taking on risk. So one of the critical concepts we researched was how they handled…
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