Last week, Facebook acquired a mobile messaging start-up called WhatsApp.
The price tag? An eye-popping $19 billion.
Not only is that Facebook’s biggest acquisition to date, it’s bigger than any acquisition ever made in the history of Apple, Microsoft or Google.
Some folks say it was a smart move –…
There are two ways to make money during a “gold rush.”
Mine for gold, or sell picks and shovels.
History has shown that you can make money doing both. But selling picks and shovels provides solid returns with less risk.
The thing is, there’s a modern-day gold rush taking place…
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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.
Across their funds, they’ve earned average annual returns of 61.12%.
To put that in perspective, a…
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Pop Quiz:
Someone offers you a 99% probability of earning 8% to 12% per year…
You:
a. Ask them if they’re related to Bernie Madoff, then quickly back away.
b. Shut your eyes and give them your last cent to invest.
c. Pause… then tell them…
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“This was the hottest deal in Silicon Valley…”
This quote, courtesy of CNN Money, is from Lars Dalgaard. Lars is a partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a top-tier venture capital firm.
He was glowing about their latest deal – a $15 million round for an online company called…
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Today I’m going to bring you behind the scenes of an amazing company.
At one point, it was coming apart at the seams – ground zero for backstabbing, bitter rivalries and high-stakes power struggles.
Amazingly, it turned into one of the great start-up success stories of our time.
In the…
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I was “carded” recently outside a swanky club in downtown NYC.
It was a 30-second inconvenience. And, frankly, at my age, having to prove that I’m 21 just makes me smile.
But I got “carded” in a different way a few days later – and this time it was a…
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It’s time once again for a Pop Quiz For Profits!
Ready? Here we go…
What do these 3 start-ups have in common?
Need a hint? It’s a six-letter word for dull.
That’s…
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