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.

But one quick order of business before we let you go back to celebrating (or nursing a hangover).…

“Wow, what a year!” said my Crowdability co-founder, Matt Milner.

We were sitting on an Amtrak train headed back to New York City.  We were sipping scotch and winding down after a whirlwind business trip.

Matt was right – it has been a heck of a year – and we’ve…

“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.

You see, we’ve been kicking around different ideas for “holiday gifts” for you…

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?

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Every year, Forbes Magazine publishes the “Midas List” – a list of the top U.S. venture capital firms.

The folks on this list are professional investors with a track record of success – so if you’re interested in early-stage investing and want to emulate the best of…

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.

You live in Detroit, Michigan – ground zero for the automotive industry – and work at a small investment fund.

Entrepreneurs visit you…

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.

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Can you guess where this line is from?

“A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.”

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