Venture Capital Insanity Should Help Crowdfunders
I’ve always been a big fundamentals guy. Unlike Silicon Valley, I’ve always preferred smart growth to dumb hypergrowth. So what I’m about to tell you might shock you… Silicon Valley investors have gone...
View ArticleAttention Online Shoppers: Time to Invest in New Digital Marketplaces
Online marketplaces have been around for a long time. Amazon and eBay headlined the first generation. Those companies began in the mid-1990s. They offered thousands of products in hundreds of markets...
View ArticleRepublic Explains the SEC’s Proposed Crowdfunding Changes and SAFEs
Earlier this month, the SEC proposed long-awaited rule changes to Regulation CF. Reg CF (the CF stands for crowdfunding) governs how everyday investors can invest in startups – and how startups raise...
View ArticlePublic vs. Private Shares? It’s No Contest
I’m glad I’m not my neighbor Kyle. He fled the stock market a few months into the Great Recession, sometime in early 2008, he tells me. And he never returned. That was 12 years ago. During that period,...
View ArticleWebinar: New Crowdfunding Portal Comes Online
Specialized startup investment platforms or portals play an indispensable role in the crowdfunding ecosystem. Every time we recommend a startup to you, we tell you which portal it’s listed on. No...
View ArticleBig Oil’s Problems Are Just Beginning
Restaurants, hotels, airlines and anything connected with live entertainment are in coronavirus-induced economic comas. And the oil industry is trying to emerge from a coma of its own making. Russia...
View ArticleWhy Seed Investing Is Better for You
I came across a blog post this week titled “Why Seed Investing Is Kind of a Sucker Bet.” The headline raised my hackles. I’ve been investing in seed-stage companies for a while now. What was author...
View ArticleI Can Finally Invest in My Dream
I grew up in the 1960s. It was a different era. People still believed technology could fix our biggest problems and serve our greatest needs. As a teenager, I believed it more than most. And with good...
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