Last weekend, I went on a family trip up the coast of Maine—there’s nothing quite like New England in the fall.
Early one evening, over a cold beer and a hot cup of clam “chowdah,” we started chatting about the recently announced merger between Dell and EMC.
Given that Dell…
Last Friday, a British entrepreneur named Cliff Dennett put on a well-pressed shirt and blazer, took a deep breath, and sat down for a painful interview.
During the videotaped interrogation, which we’ll link to below, Cliff opens up about why his start-up failed—and why his investors lost all their money.
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Netflix Nearly Blows $46 Billion
Matt shook his head. “This can’t be right,” he said. "Let’s check it again."
We were reviewing the latest findings from our research team, and one particular data point was sticking out like a sore thumb:
According to the data (which we eventually triple-checked), online private investing last quarter represented…
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Bill Gross was once dubbed the “the biggest investor in the world.”
For decades, he managed the $292 billion Pimco Total Return Fund—up until last year, it was largest bond fund on the planet.
If you’re familiar with the complexity of evaluating bond investments—from calculating default risk to forecasting the…
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Generating Power—Out of Thin Air
We live in a perpetual cloud of radio frequency (RF) signals. These signals are the reason your smartphone gets coverage, and your TV receives digital broadcasts. Now a new company has figured out how to use all this RF energy to create usable electricity. Tags:
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First, a warning: This is going to be a little different than usual... You see, nine times out of ten, when Crowdability writes about technology, we focus on all the things that could go right— From how technology can help solve major problems around the world, to how it can… Pop Quiz: When a company is about to go public, why does it lobby so ferociously to get a top-tier bank like Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan to manage its IPO? Depending on how much you know about IPOs, the answer might surprise you: It’s not just that these banks… Tags:
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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. The Best Way to Colonize Mars With the stock up 13%, you decide to sell. To take your profits, you log into your brokerage account, click “sell”—and in a flash, your shares are sold on the NASDAQ. But if you were talking about taking…Tech Glitch Hands You Double-Digit Gains
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How to "Cash In" on Start-ups
Let’s say you bought some shares of Google about six months ago...
