How to Retire With One InvestmentCan you imagine turning a small investment of afew thousand dollars into millions? That wouldbe virtually impossible in the public stock market.But there is a market where returns like that arefar more common...CROWDFUNDING 101The Equity Crowdfunding Market in a Nutshell

OUR FRIEND “AITIO”

Recently, our friend Aitio dropped by our offices.

He wasn’t exactly “in the neighborhood…”

But with his midnight blue Range Rover and a full-time driver, he doesn’t mind traveling a few extra blocks.

Aitio is a very successful investor. We’ve learned a lot from him over the years.

On this particular day, as we sat around our conference table looking out over the West Side of Manhattan, we asked Aitio about some of the finer points of his investment process…

And at the end of our discussion, we asked him to describe his investment philosophy in a single sentence.

He paused, stroked his well-groomed goatee, then broke into a smile.

“All it takes is one,” he said.

And that’s where he got his nickname:

A.I.T.I.O: All It Takes Is One.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

To decipher Aitio’s advice, let’s review some facts about investing in the stock market:

Historically, if you were to invest your money in the stock market, you’d earn an average of 7% to 8% per year.

Most folks would consider that a pretty good return.

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After all, in 30 years, it’s enough to turn a $10,000 investment into about $100,000.

But what if you learned about a way to earn far more than that?

What if you learned that there was another kind of stock market…

A market that didn’t just return 8% per year…

It returned an average of 27% per year.

In 30 years, 27% per year would turn that $10,000 into $13 million.

ABOVE AVERAGE RETURNS

And to be clear, while 27% per year is incredible, it’s just the average.

There are plenty of folks – people we know and work with – who’ve done far better than average.

Aitio, for example…

His average annual returns have been measured in the “hundreds of percent.”

What’s the secret to earning those types of returns?

Let Aitio give you a hint:

All it takes is one.

$5,000 INTO $2 MILLION

For example, a few years ago, another friend of ours, Howard Lindzon, made an investment in a transportation company.

It turned out to be one of the most successful investments of his career…

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For every $5,000 he invested, he got back $2 million just a few years later.

That’s 400 times his money.

Then there’s Paul Graham…

Paul earned 491 times his money on his investment in a web service called Heroku.

And when he invested in Twitch, a video game company, he earned an estimated 573 times his money.

That would be like turning every $1,000 you invest into $573,000. And every $10,000 into $5.7 million.

And that’s just one investment.

One investment alone could literally provide you with enough money to retire on.

But where did they find these types of investments?

What’s this “other market” we keep referring to?

Well, this market is something we like to call, “The Private Stock Market.”

WHAT’S “THE PRIVATE STOCK MARKET”?

Before companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter were multi-billion dollar publicly traded businesses, they were small, privately owned start-ups.

In order for these companies to grow, they needed capital.

Where did they get this capital?

From investors.

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For example, Facebook’s first investor was a man named Peter Thiel. Peter invested $500,000 into the company when it was just getting off the ground. When Facebook went public in 2012, Thiel cashed out for $1 billion.

That’s a 200,000% return in about seven years.

That’s the power of investing in The Private Stock Market.

Unfortunately, for the past 83 years, 97% of investors were kept out of this market.

“ACCREDITED INVESTORS” ONLY

Historically, private companies were only allowed to accept investments from a specific type of investor – these investors were known as “accredited investors.”

An accredited investor is an individual who earns at least $200,000 per year, or has

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a net worth of $1 million or more. In other words, the SEC only intended to have the wealthiest investors back private companies.

But that’s all about to change.

Thanks to an historic set of new laws, for the first time in 83 years, the Private Stock Market will be open to all investors – regardless of income or net worth.

In other words, in the very near future, you and your family will be able to invest in the same types of life-changing opportunities as Peter Thiel or our friends Aitio and Howard.

THE JOBS ACT

The new law we’re referring to is called the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the “JOBS Act” for short.

This law was passed as a way to help create new jobs.

Congress figured that since 60% of our country’s job growth comes from small businesses, we should make it easier for small businesses and start-ups to get off the ground.

They did this by relaxing the laws around who could invest in private businesses like start-ups.

By allowing all investors to fund new, innovative companies, more new businesses could get started, and more jobs could be created.

And the added benefit is that regular investors – people just like you – can finally invest in one of the most profitable asset classes in history.

As The Wall Street Journal recently wrote:

“If all goes well, small companies can raise cash relatively cheaply, while investors get a stake in an innovative business with limited downside risk.”

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The law hasn’t been enacted yet, but it will be very, very soon.

More on that in a moment…

First, we should tell you more about where you’ll find these private market opportunities.

WHERE TO FIND THESE OPPORTUNITIES

You won’t be able to find these Private Stock Market investment opportunities in any of the usual places…

You can’t get them through your Financial Advisor, for example, or by logging into your E*Trade account.

These opportunities will only appear on special websites known as “Funding Portals.”

Currently, there are dozens of funding portals in the U.S. alone… and that pool is growing larger by the day.

That may sound intimidating, but not to worry…

We’ve created a free resource for you on the Crowdability website:

If you click the “Deals” link on our homepage, you can see a directory of new opportunities from 12 of the top funding portals.

ALL IT TAKES IS ONE

Investors like Aitio, Howard and Paul have made their fortunes in the Private Stock Market.

They’ve invested in dozens of early-stage companies.

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But to be clear, not all of their investments turn out to be “homeruns” like Heroku and Twitch. Many of their investments are just “base hits.”

But here’s the thing:

Even if every single investment they made went bust – literally went to zero…

Every single investment, that is, except for one…

They would still make a fortune.

How can that be?

Because, remember, all it takes is one.

ENOUGH TO RETIRE ON

Here’s the math behind Aitio’s advice…Let’s say you invest in 50 private companies over the next few years.

You put $1,000 into each one, for a total investment of $50,000.

Based on the historical odds, it’s likely that you’ll get a handful of “base hits” – enough hits to get you to the 27% annual returns we mentioned earlier.

But even if 49 of the companies go belly up…

Even if your first 49 investments literally go to zero…

As long as the 50th investment turns out to be a company like the investment where Howard made 400 times his money – your $1,000 investment would be worth $400,000.

So your overall $50,000 private stock portfolio would turn into $400,000.

That’s a 700% net return.

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And what if you’d invested $5,000 into each company?

Your stake would be worth $2 million.

For most folks, that’s enough to retire on.

And that is what’s so exciting about early-stage investing:

All it takes is one investment to completely change your life.

GET READY FOR THIS LIFE-CHANGING ASSET CLASS

According to the SEC and our sources in Washington, the final portion of the JOBS Act will be enacted very soon.

Retire With One InvestmentFor the first time in 83 years, you’ll be able to invest in the most profitable market in the world.

But you need to prepare... you need to learn the system the professionals use to generate returns like 3,000%, 40,000% and even 200,000%.

Which is why we’ve prepared a FREE 4-part training program for you. It culminates with a live, online webinar in just a few days. Again, this is completely free and only available to Crowdability readers.

Space at the live online event is limited, so register as soon as you possibly can...

Click Here to Register Now »

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Then you’ll be able to start participating in this life-changing asset class. That’s why we encourage you to get educated about this market now.

Investors like Howard and Paul have been investing in the Private Stock Market for decades… and they’ve been earning enormous returns.

Over the years, these investors have developed a special system for finding and evaluating only the most promising private market opportunities.

And we’ve spent the past several months flying around the country and interviewing these investors about their system.

Now we’ve gone ahead and distilled their wisdom into a free training program for Crowdability readers.

In fact, we’re hosting a live online training seminar in just a few days. If you’d like to register to attend or simply learn more about the program, click here »

It’ll help you start exploring – and profiting from – the Private Stock Market.

We hope you enjoy it.

Happy Investing.

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Disclaimer: This document is made available for general information purposes only. This report does not constitute a specific investment recommendation or advice upon which you should rely based upon, or irrespective of, your personal circumstances. Use of this document is not a substitute for obtaining proper investment advice from an authorized investment professional. Actual results may differ significantly from the results described. Potential retail investors are urged to consult their own authorized investment professional before entering into any investment agreement. Past performance of securities is not necessarily a guide to future performance and the value of securities may fall as well as rise. In particular, investments in the technology sector can involve a high degree of risk and investors may not get back the full amount invested.