What was the most profitable investment of all time?

Was it Warren Buffett’s investment in Coca-Cola in 1987?

Was it when savvy investors picked up shares of Amazon or Netscape in the 90s?

Or was it something more unexpected?

I recently came across a list of the world’s most profitable…

Every week, venture capital firms see dozens of new deals…

Over the course of a year, a 3 or 4-person firm might see several thousand of them.

But can you guess how many they invest in?

Let’s take a look…

The Funnel

Satya Patel, a venture capitalist with 

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“Holy crap,” we thought when we first heard about the JOBS Act.

“Retail investors are going to get killed.”

For the first time in more than 80 years, this historic piece of legislation was about to let ordinary citizens invest in start-ups.

Have you ever noticed that people tend to…

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Doing The Hustle,…

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For most things in life, more is better.

Vacation…

Happiness...

Square feet.

But for others, more can be worse.

One surprising example?

Money.

Hey, quit laughing! I’m serious…

In certain cases, it really is better to have less money.

One of those cases: start-ups.

As we learned last week from…

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Look Who’s Cheerleading…

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I'm writing this from a sunny sand dune in Wrightsvillle Beach, North Carolina.

Every summer, I spend a long weekend here – with my folks, my sister, and my better half, Cynthia – to celebrate my dad's birthday.

The town might sound familiar to you. It’s named after two entrepreneurial…

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Uber: The Next…