A startup with a brilliant funding series business idea is aiming to get its operations up and running. From humble beginnings, the company proves the worthiness of its model and products, steadily growing thanks to the generosity of friends, family and the founders’ own financial resources. Over time, its customer base begins to grow, and […]
If you’re an entrepreneur, you need to know how to pitch your business. Even if you’re not planning to pursue funding, having a solid elevator pitch ensures that you know your business inside and out. Which comes in handy if or when you eventually decide to seek out investment. How to make pitch your […]
We were talking to small investors the other day, and he indicated he didn’t like the stock market because ‘the big players have all the advantages.’ He had heard about high-frequency trading, insider dealer, brokers manipulating prices and financings, and other nefarious goings-on. This dismayed us. Sure, the market is not perfect, and scams occur. […]
On March 23, just as the market crash hit bottom, financial advisor Ajay Kaisth got a panicked call from a 74-year-old client. She wanted to sell all her stocks and move most of her $620,000 portfolio into cash that day. “She referenced the Great Depression, and generally had a lot of fear,” said a financial […]
Leaving the party too early can cost you as much as leaving too late I hesitate to disagree with anything Warren Buffett says about the stock market. He’s made about $80 billion from investing—and I certainly haven’t. But when it comes to his famous warning about the dot-com bubble 20 years ago, long-term Warren Buffett investors—such […]