What the heck happened to Quibi?
Once upon a time, Quibi was a streaming startup with all the makings of a homerun:
Tags: Risk of-ruin Startups
Ever see the movie Moneyball starring Brad Pitt?
It’s based on the true story of Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s longtime manager.
Basically, Beane rejected all the conventional wisdom about how to build a winning baseball team. Instead, he tried a new approach using data and statistics — and that’s…
When Maximilian Kunkel talks, it pays to listen.
Kunkel is a Chief Investment Officer for UBS, the largest private bank in the world.
Founded in 1862 and based in Switzerland, UBS manages $3.2 trillion for some of the wealthiest families in the world — including about half the world’s billionaires.
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This Thursday, a new IPO is coming.
Its revenues are surging. It’s riding many of today’s biggest trends. And in an unusual twist, regular investors like you can actually get shares in it.
Clearly you should invest in it, right?
Wrong.
Today, I’ll explain why — then I’ll tell you…
In his article last week, Wayne addressed a frightening situation in America today:
The retirement crisis.
As he explained, even if you have a nest-egg saved up — and even if you have time before you retire — two threats are about to destroy your plans:
The first threat is…
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In September of 2019, reality TV star Kim Kardashian West launched an underwear startup called SKIMS.
Today, less than two years later, the company is worth $1.6 billion.
Uh, what? How is a 2-year-old underwear company worth more than $1 billion? And more importantly, how can you use the answer…
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Big news for you:
Vanguard, the largest mutual fund company in the world, now offers investment access to startups!
As a company executive just told Business Insider, its goal is to “bring this asset class to investors who need it the most” so they can improve their investment performance.
This…
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably had it with all the bad news.
Bad news about inflation and the economy…
Bad news about cyber threats crippling the nation…
Bad news about a sky-high stock market that has nowhere to go but down.
Enough already!
Which is why I’m going…
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Fifty years ago, a tiny coffee shop with a strange name opened in Seattle’s Pike Place Market.
It was called Starbucks, and it grew slowly at first. But as it expanded across the U.S. and overseas, its popularity and value started to soar.
Eventually, twenty-four years after it was founded,…
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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