Let’s cut right to the chase… The gift we promised you two weeks ago is finally ready! Based on hundreds of your survey responses, most of you asked us to weigh in on the Abe’s Market deal being featured on OurCrowd.com.
We’ll make this short and sweet… Happy New Year from Matt & Wayne and the rest of the Crowdability team! We wish you and your families nothing but the best in 2014.
We've decided to take the day off to enjoy the holidays with our friends and family. We'll continue with our regular publishing schedule on Friday when we'll announce the results from last week's survey.
“I know what to give them, let’s send everyone a funny Christmas card photo of us wearing the ugliest sweaters ever!” That little gem of a suggestion came from one of the interns here at Crowdability HQ.
I want to share a very personal story with you today. It’s not one that I tell often – partly out of embarrassment, and partly because it’s kind of painful to think about… Let me begin by saying how truly blessed I feel each and every day.
Can you imagine losing $119 billion in a single day? That might sound like an impossible amount of money to lose in any amount of time, but in the high-stakes world of startups, it really can happen in a day.
Imagine yourself sitting in a high-backed leather chair in an oak-paneled office. The year is 1905, and the first Ford Model-T’s have started to dot the road.
When we hear about “startup investing,” we generally think of the big paydays that occur when an early-stage company is acquired or goes public – like Google, Facebook or Tumblr. And historically, it’s true: profits from early-stage investing have come from “exits” like an IPO or a big acquisition.