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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

A "Goldmine" for Real Estate

Sometimes there’s more than one way to buy into an investment.

Take gold, for example. Sure, you could buy physical gold bars or a gold mutual fund. But you could also invest in a gold mine!

It’s the same thing with equity crowdfunding. You could:

Invest in…

Tags: Crowdfunding Education Invest in-real-estate Investing Own real-estate Real estate-crowdfunding Real etate Realcrowd

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

One "Electrifying" Crowdfunding Idea

In 1884, the folks erecting the Statue of Liberty ran out of money. Joseph Pulitzer, a big shot publisher, took to his “New York World” newspaper and encouraged Americans to donate so Lady Liberty could be completed.

Evidently, Mr. Pulitzer was persuasive. More than 125,000 people donated over $100,000…

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Why Did Google Invest $250 Million Into A Taxi Service?

Why the heck would Google invest $250 million into a start-up that’s basically a taxi service?

Or here’s another one for you: Why would one man invest hundreds of millions of dollars trying to send ordinary citizens into space, or building a car company from scratch?

We generally…

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

How To Buy Shares in a Later Stage Company

The early bird catches the worm.

Not a bad proverb to live by. But as it relates to the world of early-stage investing, there’s not just one type of early bird — there are two.

The first type, the crack-of-dawn early bird, invests in start-ups that consist of…

Tags: Crowdfunding Equity Equity crowdfunding Fab Fab com Microventures Secondary markets Secondary shares

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

A "Mutual Fund" For Start-Ups

Here’s a quick experiment.

What comes to mind when you see the words, “Mutual funds”?

Diversification? Stocks? Portfolios?

That’s what comes to my mind. Oh, and I’d add one more:

Boring. Yes, boring. Mutual funds are a time-tested way to enjoy the benefits of diversification, but…

Tags: Accelerator Diversification Mutual fund Mutual fund-for-startups Startup mutual-fund Techstars Wefunder Ycombinator