38 Stories To Learn About Investors

by Learn RepoJuly 6th, 2023

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Learn everything you need to know about Investors via these 38 free HackerNoon stories.

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Let's learn about Investors via these 38 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the /Learn Repo to find the most read stories about any technology.

1. Smart VCs Look for Potential Monopolies

Understand how VC investors think and evaluate how good your startup idea is for VC investments.

2. Current Market Outlook: Insights for Seed Stage Founders

This short briefing note is prepared for founders who are considering, or are in the process of raising seed capital. The last few weeks have seen a significant shift in terms of the fundraising atmosphere, and investors’ appetite for risk.

3. 8 Types of Investors for Your Small Business

Wondering how to find investors for your startup? Finding the right investor is key to the success of your business.

4. This DAO Voted to Refund an Investor: Here's What Happened

Tim Connors discusses the fact that a DAO is going to refund an investor.

5. When Life Gives You Lemonade

On July 2nd, 2020, a shockwave rippled across the technology landscape, as a few newly minted millionaires took stock of their fortunes. Simultaneously, individuals in Silicon Valley and New York met in private for celebratory cocktails. Major publications across the world reported the event including Forbes, Reuters, and the Financial Times.

6. Why Bootstrapping Can Help Startups Raise VC Money

When it comes to defining startup success, no milestone seems more desired than achieving unicorn status. In fact, we usually celebrate stats, such as the funding startups raise and their resulting valuations.

7. How to Know When it’s Time to Sell Your App

So you’ve developed your dream application and have been maintaining it for the past couple of months. It’s a good application and you don’t spend too much time on it. Plus, it’s bringing in a hefty income for you so it makes it even harder to let it go. What do you do in this case? Do you just abandon it and start working on a new project, or do you divide your time between making a new app and maintaining the old one?

8. The Risks of Platforms For Investing in Commodities and Art

New tech platforms let you invest in everything from whiskey to watches - but beware of these risks.

9. How to Cozy Up to Startup Investors

Take a look at this post if you want to learn how to maintain a good relationship with investors.

10. How to Boost Your High Level Business Objectives to Appeal to VCs

The decision to welcome the help of outside investors is never an easy one, so it seems unfair that after most businesses make the decision of turning to venture capital they then have to embark on an arduous path towards gaining a windfall.

11. The Rising Demand of Institutional Players

The crypto market has been an emotional place over the past year. The fight between greed and fear was clear, and sadly the latter has won so far. However, there are signs that institutional investors are coming back to the scene, which is what many of us want- big money entering crypto.

12. Millennial investors: the most powerful crowdinvesting force

In 2019, small and medium businesses looking to raise capital often choose crowdinvesting over venture capital and other traditional fundraising methods.

13. Fair Launch Isn’t Really Fair

Can crypto companies survive and thrive with fair launches depending on community support and do people understand the value of money? What about marketing ?

14. How to Choose the Right Partners in a Venture Capital Fund

When you are searching for the right venture capital fund, there are a lot of factors that can go into deciding which fund to choose.

15. Analyzing Blockchain Business Models

In the Blockchain Model, we want to understand how the protocol connects the value model to everything else. The rules of the Blockchain make it compelling.

16. Investors Are Limiting the Growth of Cryptocurrency. Here’s Why.

Several years ago, Bitcoin was a relatively unknown phenomenon and only people ahead of the tech curve were mining and exchanging it on a regular basis. By 2017, that all changed, and Bitcoin skyrocketed from around $900 to over $20,000. Optimists in the crowd might have guessed that within a few years, its trajectory would continue to grow unabated, and we’d all be using Bitcoin (or some kind of cryptocurrency) for everything from paying our bills to buying groceries.

17. 5 Investing Mistakes You Make As A Developer

When developers just start investing, it is quite easy to make investment mistakes at the beginning.

18. Hacking Your Way to the Best Angel Investing Deals Means More Transparent Deal Flows

When you hear someone say they are an “angel investor,” you may assume they have access to a large disposable income, but that's no longer the case.

19. Guide on How to Choose Tokens for Investments

Today there are too many different crypto projects on the market. This guide on how to choose tokens for investments will help you find prospective projects.

20. Why Startups May Fail to Get Funding in 2022

If you want to start your business but don't know where to get capital, you need to find out who the investors are and why they are ready to sponsor startups.

21. What Milestones Do You Need to Hit to Raise That VC Money?

Raising funds can be an exciting and terrifying part of your startup journey. This is finally your chance to raise the money your startup needs!

22. 11 Alternative Assets to Avoid Stock Market Volatility

The stock market can be volatile and if you feel as though your exposure is sufficient, here are a few alternative asset classes to consider.

23. Interview with @MarvinSteinberg On Asset Tokenization, Startups, Investors and More

The concept of asset tokenization is still in its formative state, as companies are just coming to terms with the idea of capitalizing on blockchains to distribute shares and assets to interested investors. While this is a given, the concept is looking ever more likely to hit the ground running in 2020. This eventuality is bound to contribute to the potency of STOs as a fundraising mechanism for startups and established companies.

24. The Future of Cryptocurrency Futures and where Bakkt Fits in the Equation

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25. Towards a Greener World: Discussing Sustainable Investments with Stan Bharti

Forbes & Manhattan Founder Stan Bharti on his career, ideas on sustainable investing, and the future of green investments.

26. cTrader’s Ascent and the Slow Death of MT4

If you ask your average retail Forex trader what platform they use, they are probably going to say MetaTrader 4 (MT4). The venerable grandaddy of the Forex trading platforms, MT4 has been around since 2005 and is still much more popular than any other trading platform.

27. Supercharge Your Team with the Right Project Management Tool

As a compact team of two or three founders, it’s easy to stay organized… But when you’re doing well the team grows. Suddenly you’re managing a team of 5! Keeping track of everything, such as projects, tasks, new features, marketing campaigns, and more becomes much more difficult.

28. Capitalising on Opportunities: The Primary Ways To Finance Your Business

To borrow or not to borrow. That’s a question only you will know the answer to.

29. Interview With CEO of Industry 4.0 About Raising Funds During COVID-19

Believe it or not, the investment world is restructuring to cope with the economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though some experts have predicted narratives that will hold sway over this sector, there is, however, no definite projections regarding the magnitude of these changes and how much it will affect Founders and investors. Due to these uncertainties, Venture Capitals, Angel Investors, and Founders might tweak existing fundraising mechanisms to withstand new challenges.

30. A digital transformation guide for C-level executives and investors - Digital Singularity

If you are a C-level executive, how do you steer your organisation through a voyage of digital transformation? If you are an investor, how do you identify the right company in which to invest?Why did IBM, a thoroughly transformed digital company, layoff over 50% of its Watson health division in 2018? How did Philip Morris International (PMI) achieve a market monopoly in Japan in less than two years? How did Cambridge Analytica affect the 2016 US election? Which industry is the next ‘Google’ going to emerge from?

31. Breaking Down Barriers to IPO Investment: How Can The General Public Get Involved in IPOs?

Let’s take a step back and look at why initial public holdings are tricky for investors to access, especially for retail investors.

32. Free Leadership Assessment for 500 Startups, Accelerators, and Investors

Wavveup is partnering with US Research Center Blackhawke Behavior Science to offer entrepreneurs the first tailored 360 leadership assessment.

33. Perfecting The Art Of Investor Updates: How-to Guide And A Template

Our investor update guide includes a template and best practices, including why you should send updates before you even have investors.

34. Money Management Tips for Traders and Investors

If you want to become a trader or an investor, whether part-time to make some extra cash, or as a full-time career, you need to be able to manage your money. This is an essential skill, and one which a lot of people don’t master. This can lead to losing all of your investment capital and even have a negative impact on personal finances and issues such as family cash flow.