$1 trillion is a ridiculous number.

With 12 zeroes, it takes a couple of inches just to write it: $1,000,000,000,000.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, here’s a little piece of trivia for you:

For the first time ever, U.S. student loan debt now exceeds $1 trillion.

Today, once again, we’re breaking out our 2014 “crystal ball”!

We’re offering up a prediction about a major business trend, and dishing out advice about how to make money from it through equity crowdfunding.

Let’s start with a quote:

“Take teenagers 20 years ago and ask…

Get ready for action…

Over the next several weeks, we’re going to break out our “crystal ball”!

Wondering who’s going to win the Super Bowl, or the men’s downhill in the Winter Olympics?

Umm, if so, you might be reading the wrong email…

But if you’re looking for predictions about…

Let’s cut right to the chase…

The gift we promised you two weeks ago is finally ready!

Based on hundreds of your survey responses, most of you asked us to weigh in on the Abe’s Market deal being featured on OurCrowd.com.

So, as promised, we’ve put together an in-depth report…

We’ll make this short and sweet…

Happy New Year from Matt & Wayne and the rest of the Crowdability team!

We wish you and your families nothing but the best in 2014.

But one quick order of business before we let you go back to celebrating (or nursing a hangover).…

“Wow, what a year!” said my Crowdability co-founder, Matt Milner.

We were sitting on an Amtrak train headed back to New York City.  We were sipping scotch and winding down after a whirlwind business trip.

Matt was right – it has been a heck of a year – and we’ve…

“I know what to give them, let’s send everyone a funny Christmas card photo of us wearing the ugliest sweaters ever!”

That little gem of a suggestion came from one of the interns here at Crowdability HQ.

You see, we’ve been kicking around different ideas for “holiday gifts” for you…

I want to share a very personal story with you today.

It’s not one that I tell often – partly out of embarrassment, and partly because it’s kind of painful to think about…

 Let me begin by saying how truly blessed I feel each and every day.

Can you imagine losing $119 billion in a single day?

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