I’d like to thank everyone who participated in FinFair 2015, Wall Street’s inaugural crowd-centric retail alternatives conference. I launched FinFair because I wholeheartedly believe we are at a seminal moment in American economic history where the confluence of technology and regulatory easing are staged to deliver greater investing freedoms to the general public and instill […]
Capitalizing on the FinTech Frenzy – Learn from Superheroes How to Spot the Gems & Avert the Scams
With FinTech investing heating up and creating a fertile breeding ground for IPOs, learn to spot the gems while averting the scams.
Don’t Mistake FlintTech for FinTech
Who didn’t love The Flintstones, a bunch of cavepeople (or to be politically correct, “Prehistoric Americans”) possessing the ability to recreate modern appliances using Stone Age technology? Fred’s car ran on foot-powered motor. Wilma used a baby woolly mammoth to vacuum the floor. A bird’s beak played groovy 60s records. Animal-operated technology helped The Flintstones […]
Investing Red Flag Number Seven: Watch Out for the Serial Fundraiser
Last month, in a well-received article published on Crowdfund Insider titled, “When to Pivot, When to Fold: What Every CEO & Investor Needs to Know”, I described a few scenarios where a CEO should consider changing direction or throwing in the towel altogether. Don’t get me wrong, like Winston Churchill, I don’t believe in ever, […]
The Road to Crowd-Centric Retail Alternatives and the Future of Financial Products
The evolution of financial products through innovations in brokerage services, advisory tools, investment products, retirement plans, financial technology as well as shifts in both the political as well as economic climate