That’s Not Passive Income
If your passive investment needs 14 phone calls a week, you bought a job. What actually counts as passive income.
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By the Time a Company Goes Public, the Money’s Already Been Made
A $50,000 SpaceX IPO request turned into a $5,000 allotment. Why buying before the IPO made the difference.
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SoFi: One of Our Best Pre-IPO Deals
How Ticker Tape’s SoFi investment generated significant returns in a seven-month hold before its public offering.
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Not Every Investment Has the Same Job
Real estate, stocks and late-stage private deals each do a different job in a portfolio. Here’s how we think about each.
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Investing in Scale AI at the Same Valuation as Meta
Meta invested $14 billion in Scale AI. Ticker Tape is buying at the same valuation in our next pre-IPO deal.
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Should You Invest in Startups? Why We Prefer Pre-IPO Deals
Startups are much riskier than late-stage companies. Why Ticker Tape focuses on pre-IPO deals and the private-to-public spread.
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The Best-Known Companies Weren’t Always Well Known
One VC invests before a startup has a domain name. Why Ticker Tape, though later stage, also tries to get in before the crowd.
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Is Late Stage Too Late? Trading Upside for Lower Risk
Is late stage too late? Why Ticker Tape trades some upside for lower risk by investing right before an IPO.
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Ranking Every Type of Deal We’ve Put Our Own Money Into
How we rank surgery centers, ERs, litigation funding, apartments, hotels, restaurants and pre-IPOs, based on our own money.
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Why the Pre-IPO Industry Exists
Companies now stay private about 12.5 years. How VC fund timelines created the pre-IPO investing industry.
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