Wednesday, September 9, 2026
In the old days, if you’d told me you’d invested in a startup, I’d have asked the obvious question: “When do you think it’ll IPO?” That was the dream. The startup would grow, go public, and your small investment could turn into a big sum.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
A few years ago, a buddy of mine from business school invited me to a fancy dinner at his Manhattan brownstone. By the time I finished my first glass of Champagne, I’d met most of the guests — a mix of money managers, venture capitalists, and private equity heavyweights.
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
When it comes to making money for my readers — or saving them from losses — I love being able to say, “I told you so!” Back on June 17 th , I told Crowdability readers to sit out the SpaceX IPO frenzy.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
My neck hurts. I watched SpaceX stock rocket higher after its massive IPO, only to see it tumble 12% in a single week.
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
This year has been nuts. The venture-capital world has been throwing around numbers that sound like typos: OpenAI landed a funding round worth $122 billion.
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Imagine sitting around a table with some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful players — the CEO of OpenAI, a billionaire venture capitalist, the founder of a defense-tech giant. Someone at the table is lying.
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
There you were, scrolling through stock tickers this week, and boom — you saw SpaceX (SPCX) exploding higher. After the biggest IPO in history, Elon’s rocket company is now valued at about $2.6 trillion.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Cerebras is an AI chipmaker with processors as big as dinner plates. It just went public in one of the hottest IPOs of the year.
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Everyone is talking about Kalshi and Polymarket, the “prediction market” platforms. But I recently came across a sobering statistic: More than 70% of users on these platforms are losing money.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
The numbers look like they’re straight out of a fantasy. In the first quarter of 2026, deal value for venture capital hit an all-time high.