How to hunt for “$20k to $116 million” opportunities like VCs

Limited Time Opportunity ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Hello investor Take a look at the picture of Sand Hill Road below. Buildings on this picturesque road are home to several of America’s high-powered venture capital firms. Many call Sand Hill Road the “Wall Street of venture capital.” Sequoia, the legendary venture capital firm, resides on that road. It is known for its lucrative bets that include Apple, Google, PayPal, Oracle, WhatsApp, YouTube, Airbnb, Figma, Zoom, and DoorDash. Impressive track record, right? Sure enough, Charlie Munger gushed about Sequoia, saying that “they have the best investment record of anybody.” - "The most remarkable investment firm in America is probably Sequoia. That venture-capital firm absolutely fanatically stays right on the cutting edge of modern technology. They have made more money than anybody and they have the best investment record of anybody,” said Munger. Sequoia may have an unfair advantage because its business model is investing in early-stage startups with world-changing ideas… …while their valuations are tiny. For example, it invested $600,000 in Airbnb as part of its seed round just 13 years ago in 2009. How lucrative was that investment? Well, nobody knows for sure. Sequoia participated in several fundraising rounds over the years, but let’s look at Y Combinator’s investment just to get an idea. Y Combinator admitted Airbnb into its incubator and invested $20,000 in the startup. Its initial investment was worth as much as $116 million, according to The Information. That’s just a preview of how lucrative Sequoia’s investment in Airbnb was. How can an investor see the future like Sequoia? The game of venture capital is a whole lot different than trading stocks. You can use metrics like financial statements, price/earnings, or technical analysis to analyze a stock’s potential performance. But financial projections are basically trash in the startup world. For example, Jeff Bezos wrote a business plan for Amazon while driving from New York City to Seattle. But that plan was worthless in just a few weeks. That’s the life of a startup. Scott Kupor, a managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, said that venture capital firms primarily look at the startup’s primary motivation to determine whether a startup has the potential to grow into an unicorn. Namely, he prefers a “product-first” company than a “company-first company.” The difference is important. In the product-first company, the team identifies a major problem and develops a product to solve that problem. As a result, it builds a company to bring that product to the market with a desire to improve the world. On the other hand, a company-first startup simply wants to start a company and then brainstorms products to build. Many world-class companies were a product-first company. Brian Chesky and his co-founder needed money to make the rent for the month. So, they rented out their room with airbeds when the hotels were fully booked during a conference by the Industrial Designers Society of America. And they saw how renting out a room can create side income (and solve their financial problems) – just like many other Americans. Precisely, TradeAlgo was founded when it saw a major problem of retail investors not having access to institutional-grade data like hedge funds. The market validated its product with thousands of customers in a short period of time. But the team saw a bigger opportunity. Namely, many Americans want to invest money. Just ask any of your friends. They are likely to say “YES” if you ask them if they want to invest more money in stocks. But they just don’t know what to do… and… lack access to elite investing services like hedge funds. So, TradeAlgo sees a big opportunity in building artificial intelligence with the mission of creating an automated trading platform of the future. The goal is to make generating alpha returns as easy as a few mouse clicks for the customers. The most attractive characteristic of this potential business model is stickiness. Once a customer invests money in TradeAlgo’s trading platform, they may be more likely to remain as a customer over a lifetime in order to let their money grow. We’d like to invite you to join our “crazy mission” of making investing easy by becoming a private investor in our company. You have a chance to own shares just before we launch the AI platform to the public. It’s now or never. So, I urge you to reserve a time with our team as soon as possible to learn all about our AI platform and how you can become a private investor. Here’s the button to reserve a time: Jon Stone CEO [TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS EXCLUSIVE OFFER]( No longer want to receive these emails? [Unsubscribe](. Trader Algo 401 Park Ave S New York, NY 10016, NY 10016