The sports card market is hot right now in many ways. A recent example is Nat Turner’s efforts to take Collectors Universe (Ticker: CLCT) private. Grading has revolutionized cards and Professional Sports Authenticators (PSA) is by far the market leader. Collectors Universe (Ticker: CLCT) is the parent company of PSA. Collectors Universe was trading at about $25 per share pre-pandemic and then fell to about $15 in March 2020. As the sports card market took…

The following is the second in a series of profiles of syndicate leads. I first got interested in syndicate investing by listening to his podcast interview with Meb Faber in 2018 and he was the first syndicate lead that I backed. Hopefully this series helps you become a better investor…

Roam is a revolutionary, highly flexible productivity app that I recently discovered. — Roam is a revolutionary, highly flexible productivity app that I recently discovered. It’s hard to categorize. It’s simultaneously a productivity app, a journaling app, a To Do app, a CRM, and overall “Second Brain” app. It was a bit hard to get started, but once you get the hang of…

My summary of the 5th annual AngelList Confidential conference — Earlier this month, AngelList held its 5th annual AngelList Confidential conference. This is a yearly private event that they hold to bring together investors and startup founders to discuss the state of the venture capital industry. As with most conferences since the pandemic, it was held virtually this year. With…

The following is the first in a series of profiles of venture capital syndicate leads. Hopefully this helps you become a better investor and discover syndicate leads that you may want to back. Please contact me if there is a particular syndicate lead that you would like profiled. AngelList Syndicate…

Alumni Syndicates are a great way to get access to high quality deal flow — One key factor in becoming a successful venture capital investor is access to high quality deal flow. The beauty of syndicate investing is that the casual investor can get access to a lot of deal flow without spending a lot of time to source them. Syndicate leads do the work…

More people will now have access to private investments to grow their wealth — Access to private investments such as venture capital and syndicates is currently limited to “accredited investors”. While the general public is allowed to invest in the stock market, ETFs, and mutual funds, regulations limit access to private investments to only wealthy individuals. Since these types of investments are less regulated…