{"id":2236,"date":"2021-06-26T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moneymade.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2025-06-03T16:42:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:42:54","slug":"invest-like-a-shark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/articles\/invest-like-a-shark\/","title":{"rendered":"Invest Like a Shark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-31-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-31-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-31-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-31-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-31-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-31-386x257.png 386w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-31-255x170.png 255w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-31.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Break into the high risk, high reward world of startup investing without breaking the bank.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='all-it-takes-is%c2%a0one-big-idea' class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-all-it-takes-is-one-big-idea\">All it takes is\u00a0<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">one big idea.<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s August, 2008 in San Francisco: Golden Gate Park is dotted with the colorful beach blankets of scantily-clad sunbathers, the sea winds and rolling fog are balancing out the summer heat\u2026and the Great Recession is threatening to swallow Silicon Valley whole as rent for a typical two-bedroom apartment reaches $3,000 in today\u2019s dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, you\u2019re a recent art school grad who just moved to Golden Gate City, splitting one of those spendy two bedroom apartments with your buddy from college. The bills are stacking up. A big conference rolls into town and the hotels in the area are so overbooked that people are left without a place to stay. What do you do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 id='think-youve-got-the-answer' class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-think-you-ve-got-the-answer\">Think you&#8217;ve got the answer?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your solution\u00a0is to blow up a few air mattresses in your living room and sell them to conference-goers, breakfast included, at a fraction of what they\u2019d pay for a hotel, congratulations: you just thought of a billion dollar idea. Unfortunately, Airbnb beat you to it. This is exactly how their founders went from struggling to pay rent to 10-figure net worth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2242\" style=\"width:607px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-24.png 500w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-24-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-24-386x257.png 386w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-24-255x170.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-25.png 500w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-25-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-25-386x257.png 386w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-25-255x170.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 id='from-10-blow-up-mattresses-to-30-billion-valuation' class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-from-10-blow-up-mattresses-to-30-billion-valuation\">From $10 blow-up mattresses to <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">$30 billion valuation<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in 2009, the now infamous Bay Area startup accelerator Y Combinator invested $20,000 into Airbnb for a 6% stake. At their pre-pandemic valuation of $30 billion, a 6% stake was worth $1.8 billion. Not bad for an investment that\u2019s less than the standard down payment on a house.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 id='finding-your-unicorn-with-as-little-as-100' class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-finding-your-unicorn-with-as-little-as-100\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Finding your unicorn<\/mark> with as little as $100<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tinder\u2019s founders understood a simple dating truth that applies to startups too: it\u2019s a numbers game. Ask out a stranger, and odds of them being \u201cthe one\u201d are low. Swipe right on 50 people a day, and those odds skyrocket. In the world of startups, \u201cthe one\u201d is called a \u201cunicorn.\u201d You can sink your money into 50 failed startups and still make it all back 10x with just one unicorn in your portfolio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2244\" style=\"width:580px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-26.png 500w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-26-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-26-386x257.png 386w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-26-255x170.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='tips-for-investing-in-startups' class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tips-for-investing-in-startups\">Tips for investing in startups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-27.png 500w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-27-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-27-386x257.png 386w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-27-255x170.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-support-your-neighborhood\">1.\u00a0Support your neighborhood<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With Mainvest, you get to feel authentically connected to your investments and earn monthly payouts. This app lets you invest in your favorite local hot spots\u2014from microbreweries to record stores\u2014with as little as $100. When you invest in a small business on Mainvest, that business shares a portion of their revenue with you until you\u2019ve hit your target return, which is a generous 7% to 10%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-get-in-on-the-ground-floor\">2. Get in on the ground floor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The world of venture capitalism used to be restricted to \u201caccredited investors\u201d with a seven-figure net worth. Thanks to crowdfunding platforms like Republic, it\u2019s now possible for anyone with $100 to get started. They vet every startup and only approve 2% of applicants, so when you browse their investment opportunities, you know you\u2019re only getting the cream of the crop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2246\" style=\"width:220px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-28.png 370w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-28-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-28-190x257.png 190w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-28-126x170.png 126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-29.png 500w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-29-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-29-386x257.png 386w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-29-255x170.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"h-3-nbsp-go-global\">3.&nbsp;Go global<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">MicroVentures will take your startup game to the next level, allowing you to invest in both brand new ventures and larger startups that have already proven themselves with as little as $100. If you become an accredited investor, you can even access private market investment opportunities in late stage startups like Pinterest, Spotify, and Lyft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 id='the-last-word-on-startup-investing' class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-last-word-on-startup-investing\">The last word on startup investing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it\u2019s going from air mattress to hospitality giant or college dropout to tech mogul, the prospect of turning a simple idea into a billion dollars is irresistible. If you\u2019re looking to ditch the corporate ladder-climbing to disrupt the status quo, you can get involved today by investing in startups. Hand-pick ideas you believe in and follow your favorites to the top.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-30.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-30.png 500w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-30-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-30-386x257.png 386w, https:\/\/moneymade.io\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-30-255x170.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Break into the high risk, high reward world of startup investing without breaking the bank. 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