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Startups as investments are very risky with long payoff horizons. With their limited funds, this is a poor investment for the average investor. I can't help but
by agconti 10y ago
Startups as investments are very risky with long payoff horizons. With their limited funds, this is a poor investment for the average investor. I can't help but feel like this will hurt more people then it will help.
- crypto5 10y agoI think it is healthy strategy to dedicate 5-10% of investment portfolio to high risks investments like this, even for average investor.
- notfromhere 10y ago"SAFE holders do not have any voting or information rights". With this kind of agreement, it's basically gambling since most info on start-ups is basically PR fluff. At least public companies have to publish annual reports and real investors get information rights.
- crypto5 10y agoMost of the startups have negative cashflow anyway. Early investors invest into potential, idea, team, tech, know how, market share.
- smacktoward 10y ago> With their limited funds, [startups are] a poor investment for the average investor They're not great for institutional investors either: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-10/venture-capital-is-worst-performing-asset-for-calpers http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-10/venture-ca...