Fundrise & the Magic of Diversification

By definition, you will likely succeed a vanishingly-small percentage of the time, but—as the saying goes—that’s a feature, not a bug. The point is to venture—fistfuls of money in hand—at the furthest extremes of capitalism, hoping to stumble upon that rare, proper intersection of technology and commerciality.By design, most investments will miss t... See more

As we saw in Strategy (Chapter 2), investment offers the lowest degree of control. As an investor, you’ll likely own well under 49 percent of the startup. You may be awarded a seat on the board of directors, but even in that case, your influence over the startup’s direction will be limited. And your potential upside will be correspondingly limited.

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