About 630 articles by Matthew Milner

$375 Million Crowdfunding "Scam"

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

In August 2012, a start-up called Oculus VR raised money on a crowdfunding site. To help get the company off the ground, thousands of people chipped in a total of $2.4 million.

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"Moneyball" For Venture Investing

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Any sports fans out there? Maybe you’ve seen “Moneyball,” the Brad Pitt movie about Oakland A’s General Manager, Billy Beane… With the A's struggling to win, Billy takes a radical approach to building his team: Computer modeling.

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The Strategy Used By 93% of Top Investors

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

93% of the best-performing professional investors share a common strategy. It’s called “The Syndicate Strategy.” Today we’re going to tell you why the pros rely on it – and show you how to join them.

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3 Reasons You're Not Crazy

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Before the era of online brokerages like e-Trade, plenty of smart people said average citizens would never go online to invest in stocks. They said you’d have to be crazy to use services like e-Trade.

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The Worst Ideas, The Biggest Profits

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

After speaking with dozens of professional early-stage investors and poring over their track records, I think I finally uncovered the secret behind their success. And while I’ve known about this secret for some time now, I’ve been reluctant to share it.

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41% Annual Returns -- What's The Secret?

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Union Square Ventures is killing it. With investments in such winners as Twitter and Tumblr, Union Square (“USV”) is one of the top-performing venture capital funds in the world.

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