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Re:Ending the cult of the CEO by kobeya on Monday April 24, 2017 @05:48PM (#14188646)
Investors in early-stage, non-public companies is pretty much limited to "the wealthy" in the U.S. due to regulatory restrictions.
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Re:Ending the cult of the CEO by robotresearcher on Monday April 24, 2017 @05:50PM (#14188669)
Parent said "When you hire someone [to] run your fortune 500 company...".
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Re:Ending the cult of the CEO by ryankennedyio on Monday April 24, 2017 @07:43PM (#14189500)
For good reason, crowdfunding is really quite terrible (not the kickstarter kind):

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-07/you-too-c...

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Re:Ending the cult of the CEO by bshanks on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @05:21PM (#14207111)
Terrible? Is the expected return negative for large portfolios of crowdfunded companies? I ask because it's possible for expected returns on a portfolio to be good even if the the typical outcome for any individual investment within the portfolio is to lose all of the money in that investment.
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