We’ve talked about the risks of investing in startups. Now let’s talk about investing in IPOs and how the IPO process works. Taking private companies public was a big part of my job when I worked in the Equities department at a couple major banks for 13 years. Knowledge is wealth and I’m here to share […]
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I don’t recommend average Americans invest in individual startups. Investing in a fund is a better bet. The Securities And Exchange Commission recently voted to implement Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. This means that starting in January 2016, average Americans no longer need to be accredited investors to be able to
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The following is a guest post by Colleen Kong Savage, an illustrator and designer transitioning from SAHM for over a decade to trying to make it on her own as a freelancer. She discusses why it’s so hard to ask for what we’re worth. Why does asking for money make so many of us squirm?
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Imagine going to work and not having a work sponsored retirement plan like a 401k or IRA. Unimaginable right? Employers are already doing away with pensions and Social Security doesn’t pay much. To not have anything may jeopardize an employee’s financial future. It turns out about 50% of Americans work for small businesses, but only
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After being held in captivity for too long, animals released into the wild tend to die due to starvation or attack. They no longer know how to hunt for their own food or use their claws to fend off predators. Are humans who’ve worked a day job all their lives like the animals we see
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Only 10% of the population makes more than ~$113,000 a year, but if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, it seems as if everybody is making six figures or more due to sky high housing prices. Let’s hear from my friend Chris, who so happens to make a healthy income working at one of
If A Googler Lives In A Mobile Home, Why Complain About Living Costs? Read More »
I went to a San Francisco FinTech meetup to hear a founder speak the other week. He said that after he was fired from his hedge fund job in 2009, he needed something to do. He told us how he was inspired to help his friends find the best credit cards. Thus, he spent hours
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Let’s look at the top schools in the nation. Could it be that the top schools are all party schools? It looks like it! The Top 20 Party Schools In The Nation, Ranked By The Princeton Review For 2021: University of Wisconsin-Madison West Virginia University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lehigh University Bucknell University University
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Although difficult times are unpleasant, it can make you a better investor. In high school, I developed an interest in investing by going over stock ticker symbols in the newspaper with my father. From there, I began trading stocks online in college and eventually parlayed my interest into a career in Institutional Equities at a
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I know plenty of people with money, lots of money. Me, I’ve got just enough to not work full-time, which makes me happy. I know far fewer people with power, lots of power. For those with power, their lives seem quite fascinating. Given we tend to want more of what is less common, is it
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