Imagine, for a moment, a world where the odds are always stacked in your favor: A world where every horse you bet on wins the race… Every cast of your reel lands you the biggest fish… And every putt you attempt goes in the hole.
Right this second, there’s a certain corner of the market where investors are minting money. It has nothing to do with stocks… options… gold… or anything else that sits in your portfolio.
In the early morning of January 23, 1909, amidst a dense fog, an “unsinkable” luxury steamship called the RMS Republic collided with another ship. The Republic soon sank to the bottom of the ocean.
David and Goliath are once again at war. In this modern-day version, David is a small business, and Goliath is a vast conglomerate with unlimited resources.
When a start-up needs capital to get off the ground, it seeks out "angel investors." If the start-up grows up to become a successful, fast-growing business, when it needs expansion capital, it can go public.
At Crowdability, we often tell you about exciting start-ups that are raising capital: Some are building flying cars… Others are helping manage diseases like Parkinson’s… Still others are developing technology to put bank lenders out of business.
Last week, as part of The Angel Initiative, Wayne wrote about the massive profits investors can earn when they get in early . But here’s the thing: Historically, the only folks able to capture these profits were big venture funds.
Editor’s Note: It’s “Behind the Scenes” month here at Crowdability. For the rest of March, we’ll bring you deep into a year-long research project we’ve been conducting.