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Startup investing is more attractive than ever, with popular crowdfunding platforms facilitating investment processes and expanding their market reach globally. Popular U.S.-based crowdfunding platform Wefunder received regulatory approval to expand its operations across the Eurozone region earlier...

For 79 years, if you wanted the right to invest in early-stage companies like Apple in the 1970s, Facebook in 2004, or Airbnb in 2009, you had to be an “accredited investor.” The concept came from a 1933 law that created the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to guard...

Many great startups were created because founders saw a problem with the world — often one that affects them — and decided to change it. This couldn’t be more true for John DeBenedette, founder of ABBY by GOGOTECH Inc., a startup creating a safe, advanced and affordable wheelchair...

It’s no secret that America’s healthcare system is broken.  Americans, on average, pay $6,720 per year in healthcare premiums alone. After that, they must deal with copays, mandatory out-of-pocket minimums and dozens of other expenses. And even people who are insured can end up...

The U.S. healthcare system has long been criticized for its endless inefficiencies and rising costs. Endless horror stories have come out in recent years about people being saddled with six-figure debt from medical operations or dying because they couldn’t afford the life-saving medications...

The Federal Reserve has been the primary focus of the markets following the 2020 COVID-19 market crash, as generous spending bills have resulted in a massive increase in the overall money supply. To combat this, the Fed has continually increased interest rates to combat rising inflation. While this...

Billionaire venture capitalist Mark Cuban has founded or invested early in hundreds of startup companies over the years. But only one of them, founded in January 2022, bears his name. The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. seeks to disrupt the $365 billion U.S. prescription drug market, which is rife...

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been growing in popularity over the past few years.  From voice recognition and natural language processing to facial recognition and emotion detection, AI can be used to help machines “see” and interpret data. In the legal world, AI is...

Last year was one most investors would like to forget. Stocks suffered their worst year since the 2008 financial crisis, while bonds fared worse than any year since the 1800s. Not even precious metals and cryptocurrencies could buck the trend, much less help investors keep up with inflation. Gold...

The concept of smartphones and electric cars seemed like a pipe dream 20 years ago, but today, nearly 6.92 billion people, or 86.4% of the global population, have personal smartphones. Governments worldwide are moving toward a green future by encouraging the use of electric cars instead of vehicles...

The startup scene is always ripe with innovative companies looking to solve modern problems. Despite rising interest rates, housing and real estate costs are still well above their 2008 levels and, in some markets, still rising. Miami, for example, is one of the hottest real estate markets on the...

More than 120,000 people die per year as a direct result of work-related stress, and 75% to 90% of doctor visits have a stress-related component, according to the American Institute of Stress.  These combined statistics result in a yearly healthcare cost to Americans totaling $190 billion. One...

It’s no secret artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced — so much so that it’s already replacing human workers. While most people don’t need to worry about their jobs being replaced in the short term, AI could mean that people are expected to do more with less. AI platforms...

Melinda French Gates joined Microsoft Corp. in 1987 and helped grow the technology company into the $2 trillion-dollar powerhouse that it is today.  French Gates and her ex-husband Microsoft Founder Bill Gates grew the business into one of the most valuable and successful companies in the...

Venture capital (VC) is a tough industry.  High-growth startups can be risky because they often rely on lots of VC money to fund their growth. Once the money runs out, they either need to be profitable, raise more, or go bankrupt because they expanded too fast and can’t support the...