Wednesday, September 7, 2016

One "Commodity" You Must Own Today

Back in 2001, oil was trading at about $30 per barrel. At the time, just a single oil company (Exxon) was on the list of the world’s Top 5 Most Valuable Companies. Within a decade, however, oil shot up to $100 per barrel. All of a sudden, the Top 5…

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Tags: Mega Trend Tech Sector

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

3 Ways to Profit From the Mobile Wave

Last week, Facebook acquired a mobile messaging start-up called WhatsApp. The price tag? An eye-popping $19 billion. Not only is that Facebook’s biggest acquisition to date, it’s bigger than any acquisition ever made in the history of Apple, Microsoft or Google. Some folks say it was a smart move –…

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Tags: Mega Trend Facebook

Friday, January 10, 2014

Finding Opportunites in "The Sharing Economy"

Today, once again, we’re breaking out our 2014 “crystal ball”! We’re offering up a prediction about a major business trend, and dishing out advice about how to make money from it through equity crowdfunding. Let’s start with a quote: “Take teenagers 20 years ago and ask them would they rather…

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Tags: Mega Trend Venture Investing Equity Crowdfunding Airbnb Lyft

Friday, December 6, 2013

Be The First to Find "The Next Big Thing"

Imagine yourself sitting in a high-backed leather chair in an oak-paneled office. The year is 1905, and the first Ford Model-T’s have started to dot the road. You live in Detroit, Michigan – ground zero for the automotive industry – and work at a small investment fund. Entrepreneurs visit you…

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Tags: Mega Trend Equity Crowdfunding Crowdfunding Uber