About 575 articles by Matthew Milner

Triple Your Salary

Imagine getting an unexpected cash windfall, just for showing up for work.

It sounds crazy, but that’s what happened to D'Anne Schjerning, a secretary from San Jose, California.

She received an extra $1.08 million—that’s on top of her salary.

Andrea Lewis, a journalist from Seattle, Washington received extra money, too…

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The #1 Question to Ask Before You Invest

17 years ago, a start-up called Kozmo offered consumers something they’d never experienced before:

One-hour delivery of just about anything you could imagine.

Need a couple of aspirin or a new hairdryer? You got it.

How about a soy latte from Starbucks? On its way.

But in the span of…

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Easy Way to Earn High Returns with Lower Risk

Today we’ll introduce you to a special website.

Sure, we often show you new “funding platforms”—the websites where you can invest in promising young companies before they become household names.

But the site we’ll show you today goes even further:

Not only does it feature extraordinary start-ups… it also puts…

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The Next PayPal

PayPal is one of the Internet’s great success stories.

An online payment solution that got its start in 1998, PayPal was acquired by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. Its early investors made a fortune.

Today, PayPal generates $8 billion in revenues a year—and according to JP Morgan, its current…

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