About 556 articles by Matthew Milner

“Magically” Make Money

Back in college, I played in a rock band.

 

I’d love to tell you how great we were. But the truth is, everything about us was horrible, starting with our name: “The Drooling Dogs.”

 

But even worse than our name was our skills. You see, none of us…

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Stock Market: Rest in Peace

I’m about to leave for my honeymoon!

Next week, my bride and I are flying to Sydney, Australia, then we’ll make our way to Byron Bay and the Great Barrier Reef.

Friends gave us suggestions for hotels, but we think it's more fun to rent cool apartments.

To find these…

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Tags: Airbnb End of-the-stock-market

Boost Your Returns by 400%

OK, so now it’s legal for you to invest in start-ups.

Sounds exciting… but should you invest in start-ups?

After all, this is a new world, and it’s natural that you have concerns.

But if you’ve been hesitating, here’s something that might push you over the edge.

Silicon Valley’s Best…

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Tags: Angellist syndicate Uber

Own Hearst's Mansion… For Less

A few years back, I sold a start-up I’d founded to Hearst, the media company that owns everything from Cosmopolitan Magazine to ESPN.

To pay my respects, I decided to visit the legendary Hearst Castle.

The Hearst Castle is a 90,000 square foot mansion on California’s coast, about halfway between…

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Tags: Real estate-crowdfunding Realty mogul

Your British Fortune-Teller Says...

Yesterday morning, as I strolled through midtown Manhattan on my way to work, I passed a stream of mysterious-looking women.

They were dressed in turbans and flowing robes, and I soon realized what I was looking at:

Fortune-Tellers.

They’d been hiding in their air-conditioned…

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Tags: Food beverage-start-ups Seedrs

One "Commodity" You Must Own Today

Back in 2001, oil was trading at about $30 per barrel.

At the time, just a single oil company (Exxon) was on the list of the world’s Top 5 Most Valuable Companies.

Within a decade, however, oil shot up to $100 per barrel. All of a sudden, the Top 5…

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Tags: Mega trend Tech sector

Three Paths to 30-Day Profits

Once upon a time, start-up investors had to be extremely patient:

After getting in on a “ground floor” investment, they’d need to wait for years and years as the start-up morphed into a real business—the kind of business that could get acquired or go public.

But recently, we’ve become aware…

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Tags: Instagram Mini ipo