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It’s hard to make it in Silicon Valley when every startup is afraid to take your money. “Your dollars may be green,” one young startup CEO named Jake told twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. “But they’re marked.” As he explained, their 2011 meeting in Silicon...

Roughly 50% of Americans will be diagnosed with a mental disorder in their lifetime, and 1 in 5 will experience mental illness within a given year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Anxiety, stress and depression are a daily struggle for millions of Americans, and...

Bill Gates rose to prominence during the internet’s early growth stages and the dot-com boom. His company, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), became a big player in the tech scene in the early 1980s and launched its initial public offering (IPO) in 1986.  Today, the tech giant is worth...

Startup investing is tricky business, but people who invest in the right companies can see incredible results.  While most public hedge funds and similar entities target a 7% to 10% return, seed and series A funds target anywhere from a 10% to 35% yearly return. This is because they typically...

The U.S. healthcare system has long been criticized for its endless inefficiencies and rising costs. Endless horror stories have come out in recent years about people being saddled with six-figure debt from medical operations or dying because they couldn’t afford the life-saving medications...

Billionaire venture capitalist Mark Cuban has founded or invested early in hundreds of startup companies over the years. But only one of them, founded in January 2022, bears his name. The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. seeks to disrupt the $365 billion U.S. prescription drug market, which is rife...

Disruption has been pretty commonplace lately.  The internet age has changed nearly everything in a few decades. Shopify Inc. (NYSE: SHOP) disrupted and democratized owning a business. Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) democratized investing in stocks and crypto. Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA)...

There may not be an investor anywhere who played the March 2020 COVID-induced market crash more deftly than Bill Ackman.  The founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management realized the seriousness of COVID-19 in February 2020 and bet against corporate bonds in anticipation of a major...

The S&P 500 dipped by 19% in 2022, but stocks still don’t seem cheap to Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s billionaire partner at Berkshire Hathaway. “In my whole adult life, I have never hoarded cash, waiting for better conditions,” Munger said in an interview in late...

More than 120,000 people die per year as a direct result of work-related stress, and 75% to 90% of doctor visits have a stress-related component, according to the American Institute of Stress.  These combined statistics result in a yearly healthcare cost to Americans totaling $190 billion. One...

Venture capital (VC) is a tough industry.  High-growth startups can be risky because they often rely on lots of VC money to fund their growth. Once the money runs out, they either need to be profitable, raise more, or go bankrupt because they expanded too fast and can’t support the...

Wearable technology is becoming an integral part of everyday life, but it’s been hit or miss Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) released Google Glass in 2013, which faded into obscurity almost as soon as it was released. Google ultimately lost more than $895 million from the product, and the...

Wefunder is one of the largest equity crowdfunding portals in the world, raising hundreds of millions of dollars for thousands of businesses across the United States. It has deal-flow connections at Y Combinator, one of the world’s largest and most prestigious startup accelerators, and dozens...

Business magnate Warren Buffett was once the richest person in the world and is widely considered one of the greatest investors out there.  Buffett, who is often vocal about his strategies and investing philosophy, is the king of long-term investing. He has held The Coca-Cola Co. and American...

Startup investing is tricky business, but people who invest in the right companies can see incredible results.  While most public hedge funds and similar entities target a 7% to 10% return, seed and series A funds target anywhere from a 10% to 35% yearly return. This is because they typically...