Angel Investing
Most Angel Investors Lose Money. Here's the Data — and the Portfolio Size That Actually Works.
Most Angel Investors Lose Money. Here's the Data — and the Portfolio Size That Actually Works. Most Angel Investors Lose Money. Here's the Data — and the Portfolio Size That Actually Works. By Jeff Ba
Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read
Alternative Investments
Vintage Year in Private Equity: Why Your Entry Timing Shapes Returns More Than the Manager
The 400-Basis-Point Gap Nobody Talks About Imagine you commit capital to the same private equity firm twice. Same GP. Same strategy. Same team. Two different years. One commitment earns a 16.58% ne...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read
Market Analysis
AI Ate 81% of Venture Capital in Q1 2026. Here's What That Means for Your Portfolio
TL;DR Global venture capital hit a record $297 billion in Q1 2026, per the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor . AI companies captured $240 billion of that, or 81% of all capital deployed in a single qu...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read