Sunday, March 16, 2014
This Week’s Best Reading The JOBS Act and The Law of Unintended Consequences Is this what happens when you put Congress and the SEC in charge of something meant to foster innovation? Should we really be surprised?
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.
Friday, March 7, 2014
This Week’s Best Reading The Difference Between Big Markets and Great Markets The best investors and entrepreneurs often look for great markets rather than great companies.
Friday, February 28, 2014
This might sound bold, but here’s my prediction … In 10 years, people will look back and agree that February 24th was the day that equity crowdfunding came into its own.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Ordinary folks who bought Twitter shares at the initial public offering did pretty well… As of today, they’re sitting on gains of about 50%.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
“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.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
I was “carded” recently outside a swanky club in downtown NYC. It was a 30-second inconvenience.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
“Who are these companies raising money online?” read the email in my inbox yesterday. “Can’t they raise money the old-fashioned way?” Over the last few weeks, we’ve received several emails at Crowdability asking similar questions.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Last Thursday morning, as I was browsing headlines on The New York Times , I saw an article entitled, “Which Start-Up Could Be the Next Big Thing?” That’s a serious newspaper and an exciting topic. Coffee in my left hand, mouse in my right, I clicked on through.
Friday, July 19, 2013
Can you guess which website raised over $600 million in financing in its first four years of existence? Zynga?