A 2008 study by entrepreneurship scholar Michael Song proved that the longer a new start-up stays in business, the higher its likelihood for eventual success.

That’s great, but when a company is just getting started, how can an investor possibly predict which start-ups will be able to survive and which…

Whether you’re talking about investing in the stock market...

Investing in startups...

Or even founding your own startup…

One simple rule can help you identify the opportunities with the most profit potential...

In the Beginning...

Several years ago, right when Matt and I decided to launch Crowdability, we spent some…

I hate to say “I told you so,” especially in a situation like this…

But as I explained last week, one of our key market indicators recently flashed red.

Then, yesterday, the Dow crashed 800 points. It was its worst day of the year.

And the scary part is, this…

As Matt wrote yesterday, the Fed just cut interest rates for the first time in 10 years.

The federal funds rate is an important number. It impacts everything from your mortgage payments, to the yields you generate from your income investments.

But today, we’re going to introduce you to a…

The paperback book came flying at me like a drunk bird.

It hit my chest and dropped to my lap.

“Read it,” said the short-tempered money manager (and book-thrower) who’d been interviewing me for a job on Wall Street. “Then we’ll talk.”

So I read the book.

And a few…

Our friends at Seven Figure Publishing recently invited me to do an in-depth interview.

The interview was just posted online, and we thought you’d be interested in watching it…

After all, just a few minutes in, I reveal the “secret” about how Crowdability got started — and a bit later,…

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Week 3 of your Private Market Bootcamp! During the month of July, we’ll be sharing this powerful investing system with you, for free. This system can help you find and fund high-potential startups when they’re just getting off the ground — and could put you in…

This is the third lesson of your Private Market Bootcamp…

And it’s possibly your most important lesson.

Yesterday, Matt revealed some of the tools we use to identify strong, early-stage companies. But here’s the thing…

Strong private startups don’t always turn into profitable investments.

Which is why our goal today…

Yesterday, Matt showed you something pretty shocking:

He showed you how a group of investors made a fortune from a single investment.

These investors had put money into one of 2019’s hottest IPO stocks: Slack (WORK).

But they didn’t invest at the company’s IPO. Instead, they invested before it went…

When I tell people what I do for a living, I hear things like this:

“The stock market!? That’s a real crap shoot!”

“You invest in startups? I’d rather play the lotto!”

“Oh, isn’t that like gambling?”

Comments like that used to bother me. But not anymore.

Nowadays, I take…