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Mailbag: Understanding Startup Investing Rounds, Avoiding Uber and Lyft

In this week’s Mailbag, the Early Investing team addresses startup funding rounds and whether Uber and Lyft are good buys.

Startup Insider: How NowRx Works With Google Home

By Early Investing on November 7, 2019

In Part 2 of our interview with NowRx, we go behind the scenes to see how the company tracks orders, maps out delivery routes and more.
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Recommendation: Reinvest in NowRx

By Early Investing on November 4, 2019

Today’s Startup Insider video features the founders of NowRx, a startup that’s disrupting the brick-and-mortar pharmacy industry. In Part 1 of this interview, they discuss what they do, what inspired them to start the company and more.

Mailbag: Why Bitcoin Is Still Crushing Altcoins and Startup Deal Flow Is Better Than Ever

By Early Investing on November 3, 2019

In this week’s Mailbag, the Early Investing team explains why altcoins are underperforming and how today’s startup deal flow is better than ever.
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Startup Investing Master Class: How to Evaluate Cannabis Startups

By Early Investing on October 29, 2019

Cannabis is a brand-new industry filled with promising startups attacking all angles of the market. New products are hitting the shelves and attracting customers. And the U.S. cannabis market is already worth billions of dollars. But a brand-new market also comes with difficulties. Cannabis is still illegal at the…

Mailbag: Defining Reasonable Revenue Growth

By Early Investing on October 27, 2019

In this week’s Mailbag, the Early Investing team explains reasonable revenue growth numbers and underperforming IPOs.
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Crypto Monitor: SEC Offers Constructive Feedback, Crypto Adoption Builds Momentum

By Early Investing on October 25, 2019

Summary The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rejected yet another Bitwise bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal. This is exactly what we expected to happen. But this time, the SEC did something we didn’t expect: It actually gave constructive feedback in the form of a detailed 112-page response. Adam…
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Startup Insider: A Holding Company That Wants to Reboot the World (Part 2 of 2)

By Early Investing on October 21, 2019

In Part 2 of our interview with David Nikzad, we learn more about his company Orthogonal Thinker and what it’s doing to improve the world.

Mailbag: Lessons Learned From Bad Investments

By Early Investing on October 20, 2019

In this week’s Mailbag, Andy Gordon shares what he learned from the worst investment he ever made and Adam Sharp explains why he’s not buying Beyond Meat.
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Cannabis Report: Uncertainty Should Be Baked Into the Market

By Early Investing on October 17, 2019

The cannabis industry is taking it too personally when just one or two companies have a bad day. Fortunately, there are buying opportunities amid the bad news.
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Startup Investing Master Class: Evaluating Startups Using the Four M’s

By Early Investing on October 15, 2019

If you read any of Andy Gordon’s startup recommendations, you know about his “four M’s” criteria. He uses the four M’s (management, market, monetization and metrics) to evaluate potential startup investments. Today’s video takes a deep dive into each of these criteria. Andy covers a wide range of topics…

Mailbag: Don’t Dismiss Sectors or Cannabis Stocks

By Early Investing on October 13, 2019

In this week’s Mailbag, the Early Investing team tackles cannabis stocks and startup sectors.
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Crypto Monitor: Rating Cryptos and Why It Matters for Our Portfolio

By Early Investing on October 11, 2019

In the crypto world this week, Coinbase offers interest on its stablecoin, a Crypto Rating Council forms to rate cryptocurrencies based on their likelihood of becoming securities and Block.one gets a slap on the wrist from the SEC.
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Startup Insider: A Holding Company That Wants to Reboot the World (Part 1 of 2)

By Early Investing on October 7, 2019

Imagine a Berkshire Hathaway that invests only in companies developing products that are good for the body. Orthogonal Thinker founder David Nikzad is doing just that. And it’s a very personal mission.

Mailbag: Early Investors Don’t Need to Worry About WeWork

By Early Investing on October 6, 2019

In this week’s Mailbag, the Early Investing team addresses celebrity investors and the WeWork debacle’s impact on the startup investing world.
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Cannabis Report: Two Wild Cards Might Block the SAFE Banking Act

By Early Investing on October 3, 2019

The House made history last week when it passed the first marijuana reform law ever. But there are a couple of reasons why this bill may not make it past the Senate.