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How Retail Investors Can Use the Venture Capital Funnel
In baseball, failure is richly rewarded. One of my favorite players, Jackie Bradley Jr. (JBJ), plays center field for the defending World Series champions, the Boston Red Sox. He’s currently hitting .149. And he’s paid $8.55 million a year. (Maybe that’s why baseball is called “the beautiful game.”) In startup investing, failure is also richly rewarded. CB Insights tracked more…
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Stuck in a Bubble Again
We are in the late stages of a large credit bubble. But sometimes it’s hard to perceive something when you’re stuck in the middle of it. I keep hearing people on TV say how amazing the economy is, but I see a much more mixed bag. I suspect these folks have confused the stock market with the real economy. It’s…
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First Stage Investor Issue No. 34
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Earn Basic Attention Tokens for Using Brave
Airdrops are a great way to earn free crypto. But even better than a temporary airdrop is a crypto giveaway without a deadline. That’s what Brave offers. Brave, headed by co-founder and CEO Brendan Eich (creator of the JavaScript programming language and former Mozilla CEO), is a privacy-focused browser with utility tokens built into its system. You can earn basic…
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Mailbag: How to Avoid Startup Investing Mistakes, Why the Government Doesn’t Get Crypto
Q: What mistakes do new startup investors make, and how can I avoid them? A: One of the mistakes I see new investors make is falling in love with a specific industry. They see a startup in an area they’re really excited about (cannabis or artificial intelligence, for example), and jump in without properly researching the company. This is always…
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The Smart Money Strategy for Surviving Crypto Winter
“Winter is here” for watchers of a certain addictive TV show. But in cryptoland, it’s the beginning of the end of winter. In 2018, initial coin offerings fell off a cliff. Cryptocurrency prices plunged. The Securities and Exchange Commission muddied up the space and is subpoenaing dozens of crypto companies while refusing to issue clarifying guidelines. But the smart money…
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Uber’s Got Hypergrowth and Growing Pains
Uber, which is launching one of the most highly anticipated IPOs of 2019, released its S-1 form about a week and a half ago. Today we’re going to dig into some highlights. Let’s start with today’s chart, which is by far the most impressive-looking chart in the 200-plus page form. Uber booked more than 10 billion rides as of September…
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Study Finds Cannabis Helps Treat Autism
The Early Investing team attended the Cannabis Science Conference last week in Baltimore. The conference had different tracks and sessions for various aspects of the industry, including growers, medical professionals, scientists, researchers and more. Speakers gave presentations on everything from cultivation techniques to medical cannabis for seniors. I mainly stuck to the medical presentations. And over and over again, I…
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Mailbag: Understanding Resistance Levels and Foreign Stock Portfolio Allocation
Q: Andy, I keep reading about resistance levels in bitcoin. What are resistance levels? And are they important? A: Resistance levels refer to a company’s (or a cryptocurrency’s) price chart. They come in many flavors. A resistance level can be thought of as a former support level. Say an asset’s price goes down from $10 to $5, but before it…
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Cannabis Moms Strike Back
This week, the Early Investing team attended the Cannabis Science Conference (CSC) in Baltimore. CSC was unlike most cannabis conferences I’ve been to in that it was heavily focused on the science behind this remarkable plant. The attendees were an interesting mix of industry professionals, scientists and activists. There was an undercurrent of defiance at this conference, as many speakers…
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Global Debt Balloons Higher Than $200 Trillion
Global debt is piling up at an alarming rate. According to the Institute of International Finance, global debt has grown to $244 trillion as of the third quarter of 2018. That’s more than three times the size of the entire global economy. Household debt is now at $46 trillion. Nonfinancial corporate debt is at $73 trillion. Government debt is at…
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The Disappearing Small Cap IPO
Up until about the year 2000, companies IPO’d fairly early on. For example, Intel IPO’d at a split-adjusted price of around $0.32. It has risen 20,000% since. Amazon IPO’d in 1997 at a market cap of just $300 million. Now look at this year’s class of IPOs. Lyft IPO’d at a $22 billion valuation. Uber will likely go public at…
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First Stage Investor Issue No. 33
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KingsCrowd Underweight Deal: Need a Driver for Your Car?
Editor’s Note: We like alerting you to the best startup deals out there. Today, we’re doing something different. We’re telling you about a startup you should NOT invest in. This well-researched report comes from our friend Chris Lustrino, CEO and founder at KingsCrowd, a Boston-based startup research firm. Enjoy. – Andy Gordon, Co-Founder, First Stage Investor Key Deal Stats Raising…
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Mailbag: Startup Growth vs. Profits, Exploring OTC Markets
Q: It looks like Lyft, Uber and Pinterest are all going to go public while reporting significant losses in 2018. I don’t get it. Aren’t companies supposed to be profitable before they go public? A: Believe me, I wish it were that simple. It’s not. For very young startups, the focus is on growth, not profits. Savvy founders are trying…
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News Fix: Lyft Launches Its IPO, Trades Higher
Note: While Senior Managing Editor Vin Narayanan is away for a business conference, Assistant Managing Editor Allison Brickell will be filling in for him on the News Fix. Enjoy! Lyft launched its highly anticipated IPO on Friday. It priced its IPO at $72 a share, which values the company at around $24 billion. Trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker…