Re:S.E.C. Gives Small Investors Access to Equity Crowdfunding
by jsprogrammer on Saturday October 31, 2015 @02:12PM
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>I don't invest in startups; I work for them
OK
>plowing the proceeds of that work back into startups
So, you receive only cash for your work? No equity?
> seems like bad diversification to me
Ok, so you are invested in startups or tech companies then (if not, what are you diversifying from)? [Note: we have now contradicted claim 1]
>So no, I don't have an ulterior motive.
Maybe. I'm still not convinced that you aren't an investor though.
>Retail investors should get exposure to [x] through carefully managed funds that own lots of [xs], not by trying to pick individual winners themselves.
Said every fund manager ever [who, note, try to pick individual (for some definition) winners].
OK
>plowing the proceeds of that work back into startups
So, you receive only cash for your work? No equity?
> seems like bad diversification to me
Ok, so you are invested in startups or tech companies then (if not, what are you diversifying from)? [Note: we have now contradicted claim 1]
>So no, I don't have an ulterior motive.
Maybe. I'm still not convinced that you aren't an investor though.
>Retail investors should get exposure to [x] through carefully managed funds that own lots of [xs], not by trying to pick individual winners themselves.
Said every fund manager ever [who, note, try to pick individual (for some definition) winners].