The JOBS Act is a set of laws passed by Congress in 2012.

Effectively, these laws relax the restrictions around how individual investors like you can invest in private, early-stage companies.

There are two major pieces to the JOBS Act:

There’s Title II,…

A Venture Capitalist (or, VC for short) is a professional investor that manages a venture fund.

These funds are similar to Mutual Funds, but instead of investing in stocks, they invest in privately-held start-up companies.

In exchange for investing in these start-ups before…

Back in 2012, in an effort to create jobs, Congress passed an important bill.

Officially, it was called the House of Representatives Bill H.R. 3606.

But nowadays, it’s known as The JOBS Act.

Simply put, the JOBS Act makes it easier for promising…

An Equity Crowdfunding Platform is a new type of website.

It plays matchmaker between entrepreneurs seeking capital for their business, and investors like you seeking ownership stakes in early-stage companies.

The birth of these sites coincided with Congress passing the JOBS Act in…

Title IV of The JOBS Act is also known as Regulation A+, or Reg A+ for short.

Although this part of The JOBS Act has received less publicity than Title II and Title III, it could potentially be just as big of a…

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An exciting milestone was crossed last week:

2016’s first tech IPO of the year.

This is a big deal. It sets the tone for the IPO market for the remainder of the year.

A “hot” IPO means a conga line of other companies will try to IPO, too…

And a…

Three weeks ago, I wrote to you with a bold prediction:

Based on over three decades of research, I explained why right now is one of the best times to start investing in the private markets.

As it turns out, we’re already seeing evidence that this prediction was accurate...

Now…

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[Pictures] Chinese Tycoon Shops with 8…

Imagine if you’d gotten in early on Apple...

Or Facebook...

Or more recently, Uber or Airbnb.

None of these companies seemed so mind-blowing when they were getting started—in fact, many of them seemed silly.

But each went on to return millions (or in some cases, billions) of dollars in profits…