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Mailbag: How to Tell if Your Startup Is Flourishing

This week, the Early Investing team addresses the first thing it notices about a promising startup and how to tell if a startup investment is flourishing.

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Cannabis Report: There’s No Cutting Corners With Compliance

By Early Investing on August 22, 2019

Investors need to pay close attention to cannabis companies’ attitude toward compliance. If they’re cutting corners... it’s not a good sign.

Mailbag: Three Essential Questions to Ask Startup Founders

By Early Investing on August 18, 2019

In this week’s Mailbag, the Early Investing team provides the first three questions they always ask founders and describes how to transfer ownership of startup shares.
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Crypto Monitor: Bitcoin Becomes a Flight to Safety

By Early Investing on August 16, 2019

In the crypto world this week, China introduces its own crypto, Litecoin suffers a dusting attack and bitcoin moves from hedge to safe haven.

Mailbag: How to Earn Money While Helping Promising Crypto Projects

By Early Investing on August 11, 2019

This week, the Early Investing team explains what airdrops are and why crypto projects offer them.
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Cannabis Report: One of the Most Important Lessons for Cannabis Investors

By Early Investing on August 8, 2019

In order to succeed, cannabis investors need to learn a very important lesson about industry regulations.

Mailbag: Beyond Meat Rewards Early Investors; Marijuana Local Control Laws

By Early Investing on August 4, 2019

The Early Investing crew takes a closer look at Beyond Meat's secondary share offering and the politics behind marijuana local control laws.
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Crypto Monitor: IRS Reminds Us Of Broken Crypto Tax Policy

By Early Investing on August 2, 2019

Summary The markets have experienced a slight pullback this week. But Adam Sharp isn’t worried about it. He explains why the Crypto Assets Strategies buy and hold strategy hasn’t changed. And he shares what he looks for in alt-coins as bitcoin continues to…

Mailbag: Building Up Your Alternative Investments

By Early Investing on July 28, 2019

This week, the Early Investing team summarizes its investment thesis and explains how it’s possible to evaluate startups in just five minutes.
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Cannabis Report: Curaleaf Grows by Acquisition

By Early Investing on July 25, 2019

Curaleaf is growing the only way it can. And it’s nothing to sniff at.
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Arbit Poll: Who Should Be Allowed to Innovate?

By Early Investing on July 22, 2019

Congress doesn’t trust Facebook to innovate payment services. But if big tech can’t innovate, then who can?

Mailbag: Death Is Inevitable, but So Are Pilotless Passenger Drones

By Early Investing on July 21, 2019

This week, the Early Investing team wrestles with government threats to bitcoin and the inevitability of death.
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Crypto Monitor: Time to Buy the Dip

By Early Investing on July 19, 2019

The crypto markets are offering an enticing buying opportunity this week. Meanwhile, the government is still panicking about Libra.

Mailbag: Why You Should Steer Clear of Crypto Trading Bots

By Early Investing on July 14, 2019

This week’s Mailbag tackles the dangers of crypto trading bots and the most challenging sector for startup investing.
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Cannabis Report: A Guide to Canopy Growth’s Earnings Report

By Early Investing on July 11, 2019

Canopy Growth's earnings report wasn’t exactly full of surprises, but its stock price still had a strong reaction. Here’s why.

Mailbag: Why the Wisdom of the Crowd Beats Analyst Expectations

By Early Investing on July 7, 2019

In this week’s Mailbag, the Early Investing team explains how to sell crypto for cash and how the wisdom of the crowd beats out analyst predictions.