This might sound awful, but I’m going to say it anyway:

I love it when I’m right...

Especially when everyone else is dead wrong.

For example, when Matt and I started Crowdability, people said we were crazy. They said individual investors like you would never make money in this market.

James Dean had one.

So did Peter Fonda in “Easy Rider.”

And so do all the Hells Angels today

I'm referring, of course, to the coolest thing on two wheels:

Motorcycles. 

But now an innovative start-up is creating a new kind of motorcycle—

And as you’re about to learn,…

This Device Knows When You’re About to Get Sick

Michael Snyder, Chairman of the Genetics Department at Stanford University, thinks you should pay more attention to your smart watch. Why? Because based on his latest research, he believes it can be used to detect the start of the flu, Lyme…

Next week, SnapChat is set to IPO.

When it goes public, the popular photo and video sharing start-up is expected to have a market cap of about $18 billion.

At that level, Snap’s private market investors stand to make a fortune.

In fact, even Snap’s investors who got involved late…

This past weekend, I had the best burger in New York City.

Thick, rare and juicy. A fresh slice of ripe tomato and onion. And a charbroiled bun.

It’s from a downtown dive called the Corner Bistro.

But plenty of folks disagree with me:

They say NYC’s best burger is…

Now That’s a Party

There were camels in the sand, a gondolier in the pool, and a giant birthday cake in the shape of a Chinese temple. And then, at the stroke of midnight, Gwen Stefani sang Happy Birthday. But who was the birthday boy?

Become a Cyborg……

I couldn’t believe my ears...

I’d been enjoying a pre-flight cocktail at the George Bush Airport in Houston, casually chatting with some folks at the bar. Most of them were well-dressed professionals in their late 50s.

Soon, the topic of the stock market came up—and as they told me, they…

Historically, venture investors have focused on one primary sector:

Technology.

Sure, what it means to “invest in tech” has changed over time…

In the 60s, for example, it meant backing the makers of silicon chips, whereas today it might mean backing drone start-ups, or artificial intelligence companies…

But tech is…

Uber’s Latest Initiative: Flying Cars

Mark Moore, an aircraft engineer who spent the last 30 years at NASA, just joined Uber. His new initiative is called Uber Elevate. Will it fly? »

Russian Hackers Cheat Slot Machines—and Casinos Have No Fix

In June 2014, the Lumiere Place Casino…

Last week, I received an e-mail from the Chief Market Strategist at Convergex, one of the most well-respected financial technology firms in the country.

The topic of the e-mail?

Marijuana Investments.

Matt and I have been writing about this trend for a while now...

However, when a firm like this…