Avoiding the "Oh, S#*t!" Investment

There’s an expression in the private markets…

It’s called the “Oh, S#*t!” moment.

As one prominent investor described it, “That’s when you learn all sorts of things that you wish you’d known [before] writing a company that first check.”

In other words, it’s when you realize you shouldn’t…

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Tags: Due diligence Kauffman study

High Times for Pot Investments?

Over the coming years, very few sectors are expected to grow at triple-digit rates...

But a major exception seems to be the marijuana industry.

By 2020, industry analysts at Ackrell Capital predict that the market for legal marijuana will grow by more than 500%—making it a $25 billion market.

And…

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Tags: Marijuana Marijuana start-ups Pot stocks

Get Paid to Get Drunk?

There are plenty of ways to make a buck in this world:

Hard work. Smart investing. Or even just good luck.

But here’s an alternative I bet you haven’t considered:

Drinking moonshine.

Let me show you how it’s done.

Forget Going “High Tech”

Last week, Title III of the JOBS…

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Tags: Low tech Startengine Title iii

[Video] This Robot Is Made of Meat

You rely on Crowdability to bring you the best deals. Now, rely on us to share the most up-to-date news, trends and opinion. You won’t find this stuff in the mainstream press. Look for it every Friday morning.

Congressional Hopeful Shares Porn With Voters

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Tags: Congress Internet Robots Technology

A Look Behind The Profit Curtain

For the last few weeks, we’ve been showing you how early-stage investing can lead to extraordinary financial returns...

Early investors in Uber, for example, made 40,000% in just two years.

But we also explained that you can’t expect every investment to be like Uber…

To protect your downside and set…

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Tags: The jobs-act Title iii

Three Start-Ups You Can Invest in Now

Game on.

After 83 years of being forced to sit on the sidelines, every U.S. citizen is now legally allowed to invest in start-ups.

It doesn’t matter how much you earn…

And it doesn’t matter how much you’re worth…

Thanks to a new law that went live two days ago,…

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Tags: Title iii

Double Your Returns With One Simple Trick

Last week, we showed you several “homerun” private market investments…

Investments that turned out to be highly profitable for early investors.

But like Matt explained yesterday, not every investment you make is going to work out so well. And that’s why it’s so important that you have a system in…

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Tags: Double your-money