“Who are these companies raising money online?” read the email in my inbox yesterday. “Can’t they raise money the old-fashioned way?”

Over the last few weeks, we’ve received several emails at Crowdability asking similar questions.

It seems some of our members have concerns about the quality of start-ups on crowdfunding…

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Tags: Crowdfunding Equity Equity crowdfunding Fab Fab com Microventures Secondary markets Secondary shares

“Can I really make money with equity crowdfunding? I mean, does this even make sense for someone like me? I’m not a 'professional'  investor.”

Every week, we receive emails from Crowdability subscribers asking different versions of this same question.

Most investors agree that equity crowdfunding sounds promising…

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Tags: Accelerator Diversification Mutual fund Mutual fund-for-startups Startup mutual-fund Techstars Wefunder Ycombinator

“Diversification is protection against ignorance.”

That little gem comes courtesy of one of the world’s most successful stock market investors: Warren Buffett.

And we must admit, Mr. Buffett has done pretty well for himself without the benefits of diversification.

That said, we’re not so sure how Mr. Buffett would do…

The cheerful stewardess on my red-eye to Argentina was delivering her pre-flight speech. Her soothing voice washed over me as I sat in a window seat, reading a business plan for a technology start-up on my laptop.

“There are 10 emergency exits on this Boeing 777 aircraft: 4 in the…

“Wait a second,” said my girlfriend. “Aren’t you supposed to be showing people how to make money?”

I’d just shared this week’s essay topic with her. Now she was looking at me like I had three heads.

She had a point. It’s true that we generally try to show you…

Last Thursday morning, as I was browsing headlines on The New York Times, I saw an article entitled, “Which Start-Up Could Be the Next Big Thing?”

That’s a serious newspaper and an exciting topic. Coffee in my left hand, mouse in my right, I clicked on through.

After the author…

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Tags: Company valuation Equity value Exit strategy Liquidity Price Startup equity Valuing a-startup

Few things are certain in this world; few things are actually guaranteed.

Ben Franklin famously put death and taxes on his list. But on a sunny summer day in August, I’m not so interested in addressing those dreary topics.

Guaranteed money, on the other hand — now there’s something that…