Flying cars are a mind-blowing concept… And as we’ve written about, they might even be a good early-stage investment. But as you’re sitting on a hot, sandy beach this summer, perhaps you’d rather invest in a futuristic vehicle that takes you below sea level.
Imagine you’re getting ready for work in the morning. After you finish your last sip of coffee, you give a kiss to your wife and kids, put on your watch, and walk out the door.
Keeping score in the stock market is easy: Oh, you bought Facebook last summer at $35 a share? Hang on a second, let me pull up the online chart… Wow, it’s trading at $70.
Have you ever seen the Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz movie, “There’s Something About Mary”? In one scene, Ben Stiller’s character, Ted, picks up a hitchhiker who considers himself an entrepreneur: Hitchhiker: You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs?
With school out for summer, the trash-talking playground bullies have gone quiet. But in the halls of early-stage investing, the zingers continue to fly.