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Uber and Lyft Are Bets on a Driverless Future
The financial world is wondering… how will Lyft and Uber ever make money? Well, it’s true that they’re hemorrhaging cash. Lyft lost $911 million last year. It did $2.16 billion in revenue on $8.1 in booking volume (gross value of rides/services provided). Lyft’s “cut” of the sales was 26.8% (the rest goes to the drivers). Uber lost around $1.8 billion…
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New Recommendation: An 11X Return at Minimum to Offset Your Carbon Footprint
Deal Details Startup: World Tree Instrument type: Purchase agreement Round size: Up to $1 million Share price: $1 Minimum investment: $1,000 Investment portal: Wefunder Deadline to invest: April 3, 11:59 p.m. ET Low-risk investments that provide interest payments of more than 5% are pretty rare. I should know. I specialized in finding them some 10 years ago. I found a…
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News Fix: The Fed – and the Feds – Are Confused
The big news this week is the Fed rolling over like a dog wanting its belly rubbed and signaling it wouldn’t raise interest rates this year. The Fed claims it needs to better understand why the inflation rate hasn’t gone up recently. The last time the inflation rate topped 3% was 25 years ago (MarketWatch). News flash: The reason inflation…
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Will the Fed Turn Us Into Japan?
Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve have officially capitulated. They appear to have given in fully to the doves. Interest rates aren’t going any higher this cycle, in my opinion. I have suspected for a while now that the next interest rate move will be a cut. As I wrote in November… I continue to believe the Fed will eventually…
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Airdrop Alert: Presearch
Before we get to today’s airdrop pick, we need to talk about social media. More specifically, we need to talk about social media’s role in airdrops. We know there are a lot of you out there who don’t like social media. You don’t like the data social media platforms collect. You don’t like participating in social media. You have serious…
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Mailbag: Exploring AngelList, Weighing Seed and Series A Investments
Q: I keep hearing people talk about AngelList when it comes to startup investing. What is AngelList? And can I find good deals there? A: Yes, AngelList is a site that facilitates startup investing. And yes, the deals are very high quality. AngelList is also like a LinkedIn for startups, where startups can recruit new employees and potential candidates can…
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New Recommendation: Ravencoin (RVN)
Ticker: RVN Current supply: 3.08 billion Maximum supply: 21 billion Current price: $0.025 Recommended exchange: Binance or Bittrex As you all know, most of my focus has been on pure cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, nano, vertcoin and decred. One area I’ve been keeping a close eye on, however, is digital asset creation and transfer (let’s call it “asset digitization” for…
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First Stage Investor Issue No. 32
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Has the Fed Given Up?
Ever since the Federal Reserve signaled it would stop hiking rates, the U.S. stock market has basically gone straight up. The Fed has finally given up on the pretense of “normalization.” Now the European Central Bank has announced it has halted plans to hike rates and instead will make more loans available to banks. These actions may prop up stock…
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USA, China Battling for AI Supremacy
Just how important is artificial intelligence (AI)? Stephen Hawking said AI might be “the biggest event in human history.” Siri or Alexa talking and listening to you? That’s AI. Spotify and Netflix selecting your favorites? That’s also AI. You’re going to hear a lot more about it in coming years, as it makes a growing impact on your life while…
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Mailbag: Structuring Your Alternative Investments, the Most Indispensable Founder Quality
Q: What percentage of an overall portfolio should people invest into startups, crypto and cannabis stocks? A: It ultimately depends on your risk tolerance, time horizon (when you plan to retire) and views on the market. But I’ll give some general guidelines based on common sense. They won’t apply to everyone. Cryptocurrency: This should be 1% to 3% of your…
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Singapore Tops ICO Funding, Continues Building Out Crypto Regulations
Singapore may be a small country, but it’s got big love for crypto. According to Cointelegraph, 10 countries account for 59% of all ICO projects launched since 2015. Singapore, the U.S. and the U.K. consistently rank in the top three in terms of number of completed ICOs and funds raised. In 2018, Singapore surpassed the usually top-ranked U.S. with $1.534…
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Mailbag: Crypto Hacks, Using Bitcoin to Buy Coffee
Q: It seems like more and more people are trying to – and succeeding – hack crypto or crypto exchanges. Does that mean crypto is more vulnerable to exploitation than we previously thought? Or is something else at play here? A: It’s a combination of a few things. But yes, crypto is more vulnerable to hacking than was originally thought…
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Founders, Steer Clear of These 19 Mistakes
I get questions and comments from readers all the time (please keep them coming!). A few weeks ago, a reader contacted me with this question: What’s the biggest mistake you see founders make? I came up with not one mistake, but 19. If you read our Mailbag article (sent to you every Sunday) from earlier this month, then you know…
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Airdrop Alert: Ferrum Network
Today’s airdrop recommendation is Ferrum Network. Airdrop participants can receive 200 FRM tokens if they complete all the tasks. Ferrum is airdropping a total of 1 million FRM tokens to its community members. How It Works Ferrum was built to address two major problems in the cryptocurrency world: slow transaction speeds and lack of interoperability between networks. So the network…
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Why Accredited Investors Get More Access to Private Deals, How to Evaluate Pot Stocks
Q: Why does the government give accredited investors more access to private deals? That doesn’t seem fair. I don’t need protection. I need investment opportunities. A: I’m with you. It’s regressive, elitist and unfair, but it’s not the worst news in the world. I’ll tell you exactly what I mean in just a minute. The government’s current stance stems from…