Are they ready to scale?
Any new venture can project growth. Before investing, check the practical realities that support the 10x, 100x, 1000x growth. All too often, the relatively mundane is ignored during the analysis process – the unexpected “snakes in the grass” often seriously...
Measuring ROI in a private company is tough
The pricing of private securities is obscured by several factors: each is unique, analyses available for public securities don’t exist privately, and easy comparisons don’t exist. Cash-on-cash, simple interest, and IRR are useful metrics, but only if you apply them...
Investing in Private Companies vs. Publicly traded ones
The rules are very different in the private markets, and you should know the difference if you’re going to play the game. We all know that you can trade public securities. The most well-known exchanges include the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ for U.S. public...
