PayPal is one of the Internet’s great success stories. An online payment solution that got its start in 1998, PayPal was acquired by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. Its early investors made a fortune. Today, PayPal generates $8 billion in revenues a year—and according to JP Morgan, its current value…
I didn’t come from a lot of money. In fact, I grew up quite poor. When it came time for College, I found out that I was accepted to Columbia University. This was exciting, but it also caused me some concern. See, Columbia is considered one of the best colleges in…
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Imagine, for a moment, a world where the odds are always stacked in your favor: A world where every horse you bet on wins the race… Every cast of your reel lands you the biggest fish… And every putt you attempt goes in the hole. Now imagine something even more exciting: In…
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Right this second, there’s a certain corner of the market where investors are minting money. It has nothing to do with stocks… options… gold… or anything else that sits in your portfolio. In fact, this market is extremely exclusive: it’s estimated that less than 10,000 investors are active participants worldwide.…
In the early morning of January 23, 1909, amidst a dense fog, an “unsinkable” luxury steamship called the RMS Republic collided with another ship. The Republic soon sank to the bottom of the ocean. She was in treacherous, shark-infested waters 50 miles off the coast of Nantucket, beyond recovery. Many lives were lost—along with…
A few years ago, Apple changed its name from “Apple Computer” to “Apple, Inc.” At the time, many assumed this was a sign that Apple would start producing a wider array of consumer electronics. And they were right: gradually, Apple moved from computers into music players and phones – and…
Over the past 12 months, biotech’s been booming: In fact, the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NBI) has risen by more than 46%. IPOs have played a big part in that rise... For example, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: RARE), debuted at $21 and now sits at over $60 per share. That’s a 300% return…
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David and Goliath are once again at war. In this modern-day version, David is a small business, and Goliath is a vast conglomerate with unlimited resources. Goliath has stolen David’s intellectual property – and despite the fact that David is in the right, he can’t afford a courtroom battle on…
Yesterday, during a closed-door meeting in San Francisco, the CEO of one of the largest technology companies in the world revealed a shocking new innovation: He demonstrated a working version of a “Teleportation Station”... Then, stunned guests were allowed to try it out for themselves. As one attendee marveled, he…
We write a lot at Crowdability about investing in early-stage, private companies. And rightfully so – Historically, private start-ups have delivered the highest returns of any asset class. But you can use Crowdability for public stock market investing, too. To show you what I mean, today we’ll show you three big themes we follow…
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