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Logan Paul Investments: The YouTuber Who Built a $1.2 Billion Beverage Brand Before 30

Tony Hawk Investments: The Birdman's Playbook for Turning a Subculture Into a $140 Million Empire

Naomi Osaka Investments: The Grand Slam Champion Turning a Public Health Gap Into a Business

Patrick Mahomes Investments: The Chiefs QB Building a Kansas City Sports Empire at 28

Li Jin Investments: The VC Who Coined "Passion Economy" and Bet on the Creator Middle Class

Aileen Lee Investments: The VC Who Coined "Unicorn" and Built Cowboy Ventures on Data, Not Hype

John Doerr Investments: The Man Who Backed Google, Amazon, and Netscape Before Anyone Else

Carmelo Anthony Investments: The NBA Hall of Famer Who Started a VC Firm While Still Playing

David Beckham Investments: What He Owns and Backs

Pharrell Williams Investments: The Producer Behind the Beats Who Built Humanrace, Joopiter, and a Paris Hotel

George Clooney Investments: How the Hollywood A-Lister Turned a Tequila Brand Into a $1 Billion Exit

Snoop Dogg Investments: The Rapper Who Built the Cannabis Industry's Most Credible VC Firm

Fred Wilson Investments: How Union Square Ventures Backed Twitter, Etsy, Coinbase, and the Open Web

Vinod Khosla Investments: The Sun Microsystems Co-Founder Who Bets on "Science Experiments"

Brad Feld Investments: The Boulder VC Who Co-Founded Techstars and Wrote the Book on Startup Communities

Tom Brady Investments: From Seven Super Bowls to a $375 Million Fox Deal and a Tequila-Sized Hole in the FTX Story

The Rock Investments: How Dwayne Johnson Built an $800 Million Empire on Brand Authenticity

Leonardo DiCaprio Investments: The Oscar Winner Who Built a Serious Climate Portfolio Alongside His Acting Career

Susan Wojcicki Investments: How Google's 16th Employee Built YouTube Into a $300 Billion Platform

Michael Moritz Investments: The Welsh Journalist Who Bet on Google for $12.5 Million and Changed Sequoia Forever

Alfred Lin Investments: Sequoia's New Steward Who Built Zappos and Bankrolled Airbnb

Daniel Gross Investments: The Israeli-American Who Built a Supercomputer for AI Startups Before Anyone Else Thought To

Mukesh Ambani Investments: How India's Richest Man Bet the House on a Telecom Disruption and Won

Li Ka-shing Investments: How "Superman" Built a $45 Billion Empire from Plastic Flowers and a 1967 Riot

Joe Rogan Investments: How the World's Most Popular Podcaster Built a $250 Million Empire

Bob Iger Investments: What Disney's Legendary CEO Does With His Capital Outside the Magic Kingdom

Roelof Botha Investments: Sequoia's South African-Born Steward Who Backed YouTube at $11.5M

Jessica Livingston Investments: The Social Radar Who Co-Founded the World's Most Successful Startup Accelerator

Yuri Milner Investments: The Physicist Who Rewrote the Rules of Late-Stage Venture

Jim Breyer Investments: The VC Who Turned $12.7 Million Into Billions (And Kept Going)

Tobi Lütke Investments: What the Shopify CEO Bets On When He's Not Reinventing Commerce

Lisa Su Investments: How AMD's CEO Turned a Near-Bankrupt Chipmaker Into a $200 Billion Powerhouse

Satya Nadella Investments: What Microsoft's Architect of the Cloud Era Bets On Next

Tony Hsieh Investments: The Zappos CEO Who Bet $350 Million on a Downtown

Ratan Tata Investments: What India's Most Beloved Industrialist Taught Us About Backing Founders

Balaji Srinivasan Investments: What the Network State Pioneer Teaches About Betting on Parallel Systems

Garry Tan Investments: What Y Combinator's President Teaches About Betting on the Earliest Believers

Charlie Munger Investments: What Berkshire's Architect Teaches About Concentration and Mental Models

Travis Kelce Investments: What the NFL's Most Marketable Tight End Teaches About Brand Velocity

Derek Jeter Investments: What the Yankees Captain Teaches About Building After the Final Game

Howard Marks Investments: What the Distressed Debt Master Teaches About Second-Level Thinking

Cathie Wood Investments: What ARK's Founder Teaches About Long-Horizon Conviction

Ray Dalio Investments: What Bridgewater's Founder Teaches About All-Weather Thinking

Vitalik Buterin Investments: What Ethereum's Founder Teaches About Conviction Without Commercialism

Brian Armstrong Investments: What the Coinbase Founder Teaches About Building Financial Infrastructure

Richard Branson Investments: What the Virgin Empire Builder Teaches About Brand as Infrastructure

Sara Blakely Investments: What the Spanx Founder Teaches About Self-Funded Conviction

Kylie Jenner Investments: What the Youngest Self-Made Billionaire Teaches About Brand-Led Business Building

Robert Downey Jr. Investments: What Iron Man's Real-World Bets Teach About Mission-Driven Investing

Keith Rabois Investments: What the PayPal Mafia's Most Opinionated Operator Teaches About Backing Founders

Mary Meeker Investments: What the Queen of the Internet Teaches About Data-First Investing

Chris Dixon Investments: What the Web3 Philosopher Teaches About Technology Conviction

Bill Gurley Investments: What the Uber Backer Teaches About Market Analysis Done Right

Will Smith Investments: What Dreamers VC Teaches About Cross-Cultural Capital

Alex Rodriguez Investments: What A-Rod Corp Teaches About Building a Second Career From Scratch

Reese Witherspoon Investments: What Hello Sunshine Teaches About Founder-Market Fit in Media

Magic Johnson Investments: What the $1.5 Billion Pioneer Teaches About Underserved Markets

Stephen Curry Investments: What the Greatest Shooter of All Time Teaches About Patient Brand-Building

Shaquille O'Neal Investments: What the NBA Legend Teaches About Franchise-First Investing

Masayoshi Son Investments: What the World's Most Audacious Investor Gets Right (and Wrong)

Tim Draper Investments: The Bitcoin Maximalist Who's Been Right More Than Anyone Expected

Jessica Alba Investments: What the Honest Company Founder Teaches About Mission-Driven Brands

Gwyneth Paltrow Investments: What the Goop Founder Taught Wellness Investors

Kim Kardashian Investments: What SKKY Partners Taught the Industry About Celebrity Capital

MrBeast Investments: What Jimmy Donaldson's Empire Teaches About Reinvesting Everything

Jack Dorsey Investments: What the Bitcoin Maximalist and Block Founder Teaches About Conviction Investing

Jensen Huang Investments: What NVIDIA's CEO Reveals About Betting on the Infrastructure Layer

Jack Ma Investments: What Alibaba's Founder Teaches About Patience, Power, and Rebuilding

Gary Vaynerchuk Investments: What GaryVee's Early Bets Teach About Attention as a Moat

Jason Calacanis Investments: The Original Super Angel's Playbook for Backing 100 Startups a Year

Nas Investments: How Hip-Hop's Best Lyricist Became One of Venture Capital's Best Early Betters

Michael Jordan Investments: What the GOAT's Portfolio Teaches About Patience and Leverage

Warren Buffett Investments: What the Oracle of Omaha Still Gets Right

David Sacks Investments: The PayPal Mafia Playbook for SaaS and Crypto

Kevin Durant Investments: What KD's 100-Company Portfolio Teaches Angel Investors

Jeff Bezos Investments: The Long-Game Compounding Machine

Ryan Reynolds Investments: The Creative Operator Playbook

Elon Musk Investments: The Vertical Integration Playbook

Marc Andreessen Investments: The Platform Bet That Keeps Winning

Ben Horowitz Investments: What "The Hard Thing" Teaches Angel Investors

Naval Ravikant Investments: The Angel Investor's Angel Investor

Peter Thiel Investments: The Contrarian Framework Behind One of Venture's Greatest Track Records

Jay-Z Investments: How the GOAT Built a $2.5 Billion Empire on Ownership

LeBron James Investments: The Billionaire Athlete Playbook Every Angel Investor Should Study

Mark Cuban Investments: What the Maverick's Portfolio Teaches Angel Investors

How to Evaluate Startup Traction at the Earliest Stages (It is Not About Revenue)

Startup Due Diligence Levels: How Much Investigation Does Your Check Size Require?

Startup Unit Economics Questions Every Investor Should Ask (And How to Read the Answers)

How to Build an Angel Investing Thesis (And Why You Need One)

Questions to Ask Startup Founders Before Investing: Elizabeth Yin's Pitch Playbook

Following Top VCs as an Investing Strategy: Why It Only Works at One Stage

Alternatives to Unicorn Investing: Why Some Investors Are Chasing Pegasus Instead

Concentrated vs. Diversified Angel Portfolio: Why the Old Playbook No Longer Works

Power Law Returns in Venture Capital: The Concept That Makes or Breaks Your Portfolio

Venture Capital Return Multiples Explained: Why Ownership Does Not Matter at the Early Stage

A pixel-art angel investor chooses Pass or Diligence after applying three startup screening tests.

When to Pass on a Startup Investment: 3 Easy-No Tests

Product-Market Fit Signals for Investors: How to Spot the "Must Have"

Pixel-art founder reviews evidence, revises a plan, acts, and measures results

How to Evaluate a Founder’s Learning Ability Before You Invest

Solution Looking for a Problem: When It Works and When It Kills a Startup

Red Flags in Startup Founders That Experienced Investors Never Ignore