This is my least favorite time of the year.
No, it’s not my birthday, or a holiday where I have to spend endless hours with distant family members.
And I doubt I’m alone on this one...
This particular time of year brings a collective groan across the United States.
That’s…
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Before the era of online brokerages like e-Trade, plenty of smart people said average citizens would never go online to invest in stocks.
They said you’d have to be crazy to use services like e-Trade.
e-Trade’s annual revenues today? More than $2 billion.
Before the emergence of e-commerce businesses like…
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The Difference Between Big Markets and Great Markets
The best investors and entrepreneurs often look for great markets rather than great companies. In fact, “you’re better off backing a bad team in a great market than a great team in a bad market.”…
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“Oh. OK, Tim,” I said with obvious disappointment. “But why? You read it everyday, you’re an active investor, and...
“YOU’RE MY UNCLE!”
That’s right, my own flesh and blood was…
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After speaking with dozens of professional early-stage investors and poring over their track records, I think I finally uncovered the secret behind their success.
And while I’ve known about this secret for some time now, I’ve been reluctant to share it.
Frankly, I was doubting myself. Although it was a…
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Last week, Facebook acquired a mobile messaging start-up called WhatsApp.
The price tag? An eye-popping $19 billion.
Not only is that Facebook’s biggest acquisition to date, it’s bigger than any acquisition ever made in the history of Apple, Microsoft or Google.
Some folks say it was a smart move –…
There are two ways to make money during a “gold rush.”
Mine for gold, or sell picks and shovels.
History has shown that you can make money doing both. But selling picks and shovels provides solid returns with less risk.
The thing is, there’s a modern-day gold rush taking place…
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Union Square Ventures is killing it.
With investments in such winners as Twitter and Tumblr, Union Square (“USV”) is one of the top-performing venture capital funds in the world.
Across their funds, they’ve earned average annual returns of 61.12%.
To put that in perspective, a…
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