Once upon a time, start-up investors had to be extremely patient:

After getting in on a “ground floor” investment, they’d need to wait for years and years as the start-up morphed into a real business—the kind of business that could get acquired or go public.

But recently, we’ve become aware…

This Girl Will Go Far—Really Far

36,000 feet in the air, halfway from Dubai to Manila, a baby girl named Haven was born on a plane. As a birthday present, the airline gave her a million air miles. Oh, so that’s how you get so many miles »

Imagine going into your local diner and ordering a hamburger.

A few minutes later, it gets delivered nice and hot, cooked just how you like it. You gobble it up.

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Tags: Agfunder Agriculture text Agtech Farm from-a-box

Have you ever heard of Naval Ravikant?

Most folks haven’t—not yet, anyway.

But if you’re an ordinary investor with dreams of hitting it big, this programmer from India might play a starring role in your financial future.

You see, not once, not twice, but three times in the past few…

The Kauffman Foundation’s Angel Investor Performance Project (AIPP) was literally the largest study ever conducted on the returns of early-stage investing.

To gather the data, the authors took results from 539 individual angel investors, and 86 different angel investor groups. These angels were involved with 1,130 companies.

Many investors and…

This Week in Tech

You rely on Crowdability to bring you the best start-up deals. Now rely on us to bring you the most fascinating stories and trends from the world of technology. You won’t find this stuff in the mainstream press. Look for it every Friday morning.

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Tags: Cyber security Tesla

Did you vote last week?

Your fellow Crowdability subscribers sure did!

We held the vote so you could pick the topic of Crowdability’s next sector report.

It was a close race, but the winner is… the IoT sector.

Those three letters represent one of the hottest trends in tech today:

Last week in Rio, Michael Phelps went out on a high note:

After leading the U.S. swim team to victory in the 400-meter relay—and receiving a record-high 23^rd Olympic gold medal—Phelps hung up his goggles and retired.

Meanwhile, a similar situation was taking place closer to home:

The Dow, the…

Peter Thiel Discovers Real-World Fountain of Youth

Thiel, the PayPal founder and famous venture capitalist, believes he’s discovered the secret to eternal life: transfusions. Look out—this could get bloody »

Saved by a Tesla

With all the recent press about Tesla’s “auto-pilot” technology leading to crashes and deaths,…

Wow!

I figured I’d get a big response to my essay last week...

But the volume of replies just blew me away.

I asked who wanted a free research report on the cyber security sector—and literally thousands of Crowdability readers raised their hands.

But you know…