This should be the best of times for investors, right? After all: Stocks are at all-time highs. Interest rates are at all-time lows. And with most of the country vaccinated, now we can get back to business. But this isn’t the best of times at all. It’s just the calm…
Tags: Warren Buffett Risk
To avoid a bumpy ride when investing in early-stage companies, ask “Why now?” This “wisdom” is from our free whitepaper, The 10 Commandments of Crowdfund Investing. I’ll link to it below. For startup investors like you, this is a critically important topic. In fact, after evaluating a startup’s management team,…
Tags: Risk
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…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Angel Investing Facebook Early-stage Risk Asset Allocation Peter Thiel The Angel Initiative
Let’s play a quick round of “Which Investment Is Less Risky?” Here are your choices: Start-up A: 7 years in business. Millions in revenue. Current value of $10 billion. Start-up B: 1 year of business. Hardly any revenue. Current value of $1 million. OK, so which investment is less risky?…
The cylinder of the .38 mm handgun spins around and around. It makes the familiar “whirrrrrrr” sound – but this time the sound isn’t coming from a movie or TV show. The hammer of the revolver clicks into place. I involuntarily shudder. It’s my turn. Hands shaking, I slowly lift the…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Crowdfunding JOBS Act Crowdfunding Education Risk
The champagne was flowing. Music filled the air. Beautiful people were dancing, lounging, and having the time of their lives… That’s the image I had in my head when I wrote a check for what turned out to be the worst investment of my life. Dim Lights, Big City I…
Tags: Equity Crowdfunding Risk
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