About 554 articles by Matthew Milner

One "Electrifying" Crowdfunding Idea

In 1884, the folks erecting the Statue of Liberty ran out of money. Joseph Pulitzer, a big shot publisher, took to his “New York World” newspaper and encouraged Americans to donate so Lady Liberty could be completed.
Evidently, Mr. Pulitzer was persuasive. More than 125,000 people donated over $100,000…

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Why Did Google Invest $250 Million Into A Taxi Service?

Why the heck would Google invest $250 million into a start-up that’s basically a taxi service?
Or here’s another one for you: Why would one man invest hundreds of millions of dollars trying to send ordinary citizens into space, or building a car company from scratch?
We generally…

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Start-up Raises $250k In 53 Minutes -- Good News For You

“Who are these companies raising money online?” read the email in my inbox yesterday. “Can’t they raise money the old-fashioned way?”

Over the last few weeks, we’ve received several emails at Crowdability asking similar questions.

It seems some of our members have concerns about the quality of start-ups on crowdfunding…

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Tags: Angel list Angellist Crowdfunding Equity crowdfunding Shyp Tim ferris

How to Get Liquid on Your Equity Crowdfunding Investments

Few things are certain in this world; few things are actually guaranteed.

Ben Franklin famously put death and taxes on his list. But on a sunny summer day in August, I’m not so interested in addressing those dreary topics.

Guaranteed money, on the other hand — now there’s something that…

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Tags: Acquired Angel investing Crowdfunding Equity crowdfunding Exit Guaranteed Ipo Liquidity Ma Mergers and-acquisitions Venture investing

September 7th: Your $50 Million Payday?

Slipping a tight blazer over his tee-shirt, the entrepreneur bounded onto the stage.
He glowed with confidence as he presented the vision for “Qwiki,” his technology start-up:
Qwiki would automatically create short videos on search terms like Albert Einstein orLady Gaga. With sight, sound and motion, the search…

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Tags: 500 startups Accelerators Angel Crowdfunding Demo days Early stage Ideas Investing Qwiki Techcrunch disrupt Techstars Ycombinator