Investing in early-stage private companies can be incredibly lucrative. It’s the only investment I know of where you can turn a few hundred dollars into millions. But to be fair, it does have its drawbacks: For one thing, it can be risky. And it often takes many months, if not…
A few years back, I sold a start-up I’d founded to Hearst, the media company that owns everything from Cosmopolitan Magazine to ESPN. To pay my respects, I decided to visit the legendary Hearst Castle. The Hearst Castle is a 90,000 square foot mansion on California’s coast, about halfway between San…
Computers have gotten pretty smart over the years, but most folks still believe humans are better at certain tasks. For example, we’re better at creating art or music, or playing games like chess—essentially, any task that requires creative thinking. But on February 10th, 1996, IBM proved us wrong. That’s when…
Imagine going into your local diner and ordering a hamburger. A few minutes later, it gets delivered nice and hot, cooked just how you like it. You gobble it up. But then the waitress drops off the check and—$237!? What the… You might be thinking, “C’mon, Wayne. A hamburger will…
Tags: AgTech
Have you ever heard of Naval Ravikant? Most folks haven’t—not yet, anyway. But if you’re an ordinary investor with dreams of hitting it big, this programmer from India might play a starring role in your financial future. You see, not once, not twice, but three times in the past few…
Tags: Angellist
Did you vote last week? Your fellow Crowdability subscribers sure did! We held the vote so you could pick the topic of Crowdability’s next sector report. It was a close race, but the winner is… the IoT sector. Those three letters represent one of the hottest trends in tech today:…
Tags: Start-ups Internet Of Things
Wow! I figured I’d get a big response to my essay last week... But the volume of replies just blew me away. I asked who wanted a free research report on the cyber security sector—and literally thousands of Crowdability readers raised their hands. But you know what? That’s not even…
Corporate America is in the midst of a feeding frenzy: In the last few weeks, big corporations have doled out $4.3 billion to acquire early-stage start-ups. But in a strange twist, all these start-ups are in the same sector—and it’s not even an exciting sector like medical devices or cyber…
Tags: CircleUp Consumer Products
Two years ago in this newsletter, I told you about an exciting technology trend. At the time, a high-ranking government official had just called it “the greatest transfer of wealth in history.” In my article, I wrote about how this trend would deliver enormous returns to early investors—and I told…
Tags: Cyber Security
In the sweltering heat of August 1982, a broke young songwriter named Gary Portnoy recorded one of his new songs. In the past, Gary had penned songs for Air Supply and Dolly Parton, but none of his songs had turned into hits. Portnoy didn’t know it, but his luck was…
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