Author: Andy Gordon

I made my chops as an entrepreneur and investor with over 30 years of experience at building wealth for myself and others. I graduated from the London School of Economics a year after the bicentennial. By the way, this is the same school that produced 34 heads of state including John F. Kennedy… and another 18 Nobel Laureates…

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NowRx Plans to Expand

What do I know now about First Stage Investor portfolio holding NowRx that I didn’t know before? A lot. Vin Narayanan (our Senior Managing Editor) and I had the pleasure of breaking bread with NowRx CEO Cary Breese and Chief Technology Officer Sumeet Sheokand last Friday in San Francisco. Vin had been attending a fintech conference in Las Vegas, and I had been at a crypto conference in Los Angeles earlier in the week. When I called up Cary –…

Why Public Blockchains Will Outlast Private Blockchains

By Andy Gordon on October 24, 2018

Private blockchains may be advancing more quickly than public blockchains, but they lack key qualities that will help them survive in the long run.
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Five Things You Can Learn From a Successful Investor

By Andy Gordon on October 22, 2018

You can learn a lot from extraordinary investors.

Fidelity Builds a Safe Highway for Institutional Investors

By Andy Gordon on October 17, 2018

Fidelity, the fifth-largest asset manager in the world, is spinning off a cryptocurrency trading company for institutional investors. But the market hasn’t moved. What is it waiting for?
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Circle Buys Out SeedInvest

By Andy Gordon on October 16, 2018

Something big happened last week, and it hit close to home. Circle bought out startup investment portal SeedInvest. We recommended SeedInvest to our accredited investor members back in April of 2014. We know we’ve made them a pretty big profit. We just don’t know exactly how big at the moment.

Crypto Has Two Markets, and You Need to Pay Attention to Both

By Andy Gordon on October 10, 2018

Andy believes we’re at a critical turning point in crypto right now. It’s a tale of two markets.

Bitcoin Has Come a Long Way in 10 Years

By Andy Gordon on October 4, 2018

The dramatic growth of bitcoin in the past decade is just a hint of the promising future to come.

Five Investing Truths That Won’t Change (Anytime Soon)

By Andy Gordon on October 3, 2018

Predicting the future is mostly speculation. As an investor, sometimes it’s best to focus on what’s going to stay the same.
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Reminder: DSTLD (DBG) Investment Opportunity Goes Live Next Week

By Andy Gordon on September 27, 2018

Three weeks ago, on September 7, we did something we’ve never done before. We tripled down… For the first time in the history of our First Stage Investor service, we recommended you invest in the same startup for a third time. That company is DSTLD (now called Digital Brands Group).

Equity vs. Tokens? When Investors Need Both

By Andy Gordon on September 26, 2018

Even when shares of companies that ICO rise, their native coins tend to rise faster. As early investors, we deserve a piece of that upside.

Smart Blockchain Investors Are Opportunists

By Andy Gordon on September 19, 2018

When it comes to investing in blockchain, the smart play is to be opportunistic.
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Airdrop Alert: Qravity (QCO)

By Andy Gordon on September 18, 2018

We’re very pleased to be sending you our second airdrop recommendation. This one is Qravity. To refresh your memory, an “airdrop” describes a free coin giveaway. Its primary purpose is to get the attention of potential users of the coin or token. Remember, anyone can register to…

Reverse Speculation and Irrational Exuberance

By Andy Gordon on September 5, 2018

Andy explores how speculation became a dirty word – and how it may be undeserved.

Hype Cycle Puts Blockchain in Perspective

By Andy Gordon on August 29, 2018

Understanding where blockchain technology is in the Gartner Hype Cycle provides critical context for making investment decisions.

Some of Bitcoin’s Biggest Trades Happen Out of Sight

By Andy Gordon on August 22, 2018

We know just how much bitcoin changes hands in centralized exchanges. But most whales don't trade there. Understanding that is critically important.
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This Joe Knows Crypto

By Andy Gordon on August 16, 2018

Thanks, Joe. You did me a real solid yesterday. The Joe in question is one of my favorite cryptocurrency entrepreneurs, Joseph Lubin. He co-founded ethereum. And then he started ConsenSys, which helps startups build on top of the ethereum network. It’s one of the larger crypto firms, with 1,100 employees.