There’s nothing like being stuffed into a tin can for eight hours to make you think about the future. The tin can I’m referring to is a United flight I took from LA to NYC. The trip should have taken about five hours. But after take-off was delayed because of…
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When evaluating a start-up for a potential investment, you might be tempted to focus on the company’s product, or its competition. And certainly, those are important factors to consider. But as we’ve learned over the years, other factors are far more likely to influence the company’s outcome — and in…
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Peter Lynch was a rock-star investor. During his thirteen years at the helm of Fidelity’s Magellan Fund, he racked up 29% annual returns. To put that in perspective, a $50k investment during that time would have grown to $1.4 million. How did he do it? And more importantly, how can…
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“Maybe it’s your bony elbows,” said my wife. She was busy throwing out a bunch of my sweaters, just like she does every fall. You see, after a year or two of wear, holes emerge in the elbows of my sweaters. And as my wife has suggested, the likely culprit…
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s “Science and Technology Directorate” (S&T) Group recently developed something new: A robotic arm that could defuse a bomb. Here’s what it looks like: S&T had some help… It developed the arm with two groups that have experience in this area: Israel’s Ministry of Public…
My wife’s family is from a small town on the coast of Maine called Brunswick. We visit every summer and I always look forward to it… We spend time with her family, walk around historic areas filled with shops that haven’t changed for generations — and most importantly, we eat the…
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Imagine being able to hop into a time machine and head back to 1996, the dawn of the Internet. You’d be able to pick up Apple stock when it was trading at just $0.25 a share… Or shares of Amazon when it was trading at just $1.50 a share. That…
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When it comes to investing, timing is everything. But in 2022, timing’s been awful. War, record inflation, an impending recession — for most investors, things couldn’t get much worse. So why is legendary investor Bill Gurley saying now’s a great time to invest in startups? Let’s take a look… An $8…
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Ever since 1956, when Shockley Transistor Corporation set up shop in Mountain View, California, Silicon Valley has been the epicenter of early-stage tech startups… And in turn, the epicenter for ultra-profitable tech startup investments. Thousands of companies have launched in this tiny corner of the U.S. — and many of…
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They say you should invest in what you know and love. “Well,” you might say, “I know and love food. Does that count?” Funny you should ask… Foods & Beverages as Start-Up Investments Food & Beverage products can make great investments. For example: Not so long ago, Naked Juice was a…
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