If I Started an Investment Fund

The investment into superstars looks like a new spin on slavery. Shall we call this equity bondage?<p>Your bank calls, your credit card is at its limit and you just missed your mortgage payment. But don't worry, they are willing to front you $100,000 now for 15% of your future earnings.

He's listed companies that are already growing. it isn't hard to name startups that are already on track to going great places. its far harder to look at a deck or raw product and work out why it'll be awesome without being constrained by why its broken.

With regard to investing into superstars, I can't help but think I already have two investors: my parents.<p>And to ruin the sentimentality, I guess I've probably returned 2-3% of my gross in gifts, though I never thought of it that way until now. And $300k is probably in the ball park of what they spent to "raise" me.

Ha. That's a great point. Never thought of it like that either. I'll started returning 2-3% in gifts as well.