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Start me up: Helping youngsters to sell stakes in their future
Thanks to Will for passing this along.
WHEN Matthew Kulp graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design last year, he became part of an intriguing financial experiment. To help pay back student loans and fund a new design company, Mr Kulp raised $38,500 via Upstart, an American firm that helps youngsters, or “Upstarts”, find wealthy investors willing to give them hard cash in return for a stake in their future earnings. This novel application of crowdfunding promises to be both popular and controversial.
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Klarman Returns Cash
Link to: Klarman returns cash [via ValueWalk]On stage at the Grant’s conference, seated on a bar stool, Seth Klarman corrected a misapprehension. This is not the first time The Baupost Group LLC, over which he presides, has returned cash to its investors....
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Second Interview With Tim Klusas, President Of The Marketing Alliance, Inc.
Below is a link to a follow-up interview that my colleague, Matt Miller, conducted with Tim Klusas, President of The Marketing Alliance, Inc (MAAL.pk). The first interview Matt conducted with Tim occurred in October of 2009 (HERE). I also wrote an article...
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Byd To Sell Electric Car In Us In 2010
BYD, the upstart Chinese car company backed by US investment guru Warren Buffett, said on Monday that it would start selling its e6 all-electric sedans in the US next year, a year ahead of schedule. - Announcing in Hong Kong that the company had nearly...
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Selling One Of The Best Companies Of All Time...
Hi Everyone, The time has come to sell off my stake in Realty Income Corp (O). This is the first sell in my portfolio and of all the investments I have, I never would have guessed this would have been my first sell. A staple of consistency...
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Free At Last!
Hi Everyone, It's a big day for me today. I no longer have any student loans!! Way back in 2009 I graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology and with my 8 X 11 piece of paper, I had roughly $25,000 in student loan debt....
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