About 554 articles by Matthew Milner

How To Bank 1,071% Profits from Coconuts

Darn it — Amazon got me again!

This time it was a mini waffle iron.

I don’t even like waffles. Why would I buy a mini waffle iron?

The reason is laughable. And it’s the same reason I bought a scalp massager, a milk frother, and a countertop cereal dispenser:…

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Tags: Coconut water Startups

For 1,000% Gains, I Eat My Own Cooking

I love having dinner with my 2-year-old son.

If he’s hesitant about something on his plate, I show him what he’s missing by eating it myself.

He stares at me, intrigued. I can see him thinking, “Hmm, if Daddy likes it, it must be good.”

I thought about this recently…

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Tags: Profits Startups

All the upside… none of the downside

The ultra-rich are obsessed with investing in venture capital funds.

After all, such funds can make their investors even richer.

Unfortunately, as Wayne started to explain last week, many hurdles are keeping investors like you out of this lucrative asset class.

So today, I’ll throw some light on these hurdles…

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Tags: Profits Venture funds

How to Invest in One Startup Every Day

I know someone that’s made 110 startup investments — this year.

That’s nuts. It means that, since Jan 1, they’ve made at least one investment every single weekday.

Sure, startups can lead you to huge windfalls. And sure, their returns beat the stock market by nearly 10x. But still, one…

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Tags: Startups Tiger global

The "Google Killer" (How to Profit)

If often seems like Google, Facebook, and Amazon are unstoppable.

These three giants accounted for an estimated 65% of U.S. digital ad spending last year — and for the companies and their shareholders, that led to billions in profits.

But recently, the “dirty little secret” about how they actually earn…

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Tags: Brave Google

3 New Plays for 1,300%+ Potential Returns

Your bank is FREAKING OUT right now.

For the first time in nearly 200 years, it’s facing an existential threat.

Because of a recent development in the crypto sector, billions of dollars in bank profits are at risk of being wiped out forever.

For banks, this is terrifying.

But as…

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Tags: Defi Lending

How To Score Big Profits from "Bad Ideas"

Last month, a widely ridiculed startup went public.

For years, people called it a “bad idea.” Initially, even the founder himself seemed skeptical: when he was looking for teammates to join him, he called his efforts a “hail mary.”

But despite all these red flags, its earliest private investors ended…

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Tags: Bad ideas Startups

Live Forever — And Get Rich at the Same Time?

I like to think I treat everyone fairly. And I’m not someone who holds a grudge.

But as I was reminded this morning, I have a life-long enemy.

No matter what I do, I just can’t seem to make things right between us.

So today, I’d like to tell you…

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Tags: Gerostate Startups

How to Use the Simple "10x Your Money" Rule

When Wayne and I first launched Crowdability, we dove into a deep research project.

Our goal? To identify a proven process for picking successful startup investments.

Over the course of a year or so, we sat down with more than three dozen of the most successful startup investors in the…

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Tags: Startups Valuation

From $3 to $900 — Here's the Next One

“It’s different this time.”

For investors, those words have caused a lot of black eyes over the years. But they do point to a fundamental truth in the investment world:

Timing is everything!

So today, let me tell you why the timing might finally be right for one specific sector.

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Tags: Cleantech Startups