About 609 articles by Matthew Milner

My #1 Investment Rule for 2026

A “must see” report about the current state of the startup world was just released.

But the report is long and detailed.

So today, I’ll share the one thing I learned from the report that can help you make a lot of money.

This is my #1 Investment Rule for…

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Ignore at Your Own Peril: The #1 Reason Startups Fail

A few years ago, a startup raised nearly $400 million in funding.

It had a big vision, customers, momentum.

And then, seemingly overnight, it shut down for good.

What happened? Simple. It ran out of money.

If you study enough startups, you’ll see a pattern with the ones that don’t…

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HALO Stocks Are Hot — HALO Startups Could Be Smarter

A new acronym is making the rounds in investment circles:

HALO.

HALO doesn’t refer to a video game, or to the ring over an angel’s head.

It stands for Heavy Asset, Low Obsolescence. The idea is simple but powerful: invest in companies with essential assets that won’t go out of…

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Warning: Don’t Invest in Robinhood’s IPO Tomorrow

Tomorrow, something interesting (and potentially dangerous) is expected to hit the market:

Robinhood’s new venture fund is slated to start trading. If history is any guide, the hype will be intense. Headlines will promise you access to some of the world’s most coveted private startups — names like Databricks, Ramp,…

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Which Would You Rather Earn? 20% or 148%?

Time for a pop quiz! Here we go:

Here are the results of two investments. Which one would you rather invest in?

A. 20% in a year.

B. 148% in a year.

Easy, right? With “B,” you’d make 148% — that’s 7x more than “A.”

Today, I’ll show you the…

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The #1 Way to Profit from Startups in 2026

One of my old buddies from business school is a venture capitalist.

When I started Crowdability about ten years ago, I asked him what the biggest myth was about early-stage startup investing.

He didn’t hesitate. “Most investors assume the goal is an IPO,” he said. “But I can tell you…

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Tags: 2026 Startups

SpaceX + xAI: What It Means for You

Did you see the news yesterday? 

Elon Musk announced that SpaceX is acquiring xAI.

This deal — the largest M&A transaction in history — brings together rockets, satellites, billions in cash flow from Starlink, and AI.

The combined entity is a bet that space-based computing will solve AI’s energy…

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