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Hi there 👋,

From the strangest announcement of the week file…

In an all-hands meeting at Meta, Mark Zuckerberg says employees are now to be known as "Metamates."​

Does anyone else think that sounds like a dating app? Hmm.

Let’s get on with today’s updates.

In this issue:

• 📈 Market Moves
• 📰 News & Views
• 🍿 Domain Snacks
• 🤝🏿 Deals
• 🧰 Cool tools

Don’t miss: Why Dharmesh Shah spent 100k on a domain, what a real economist thinks about crypto, were investors undervaluing companies, and the best sites on Flippa today.

As always, thanks for being here.
Juliet Lyall
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📈 Market Moves

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👎 Bitcoin | $42,303.10 | -3.83%

👎 Ethereum | $3,005.72 | -3.95%

👎 Shopify | $730.51 | -2.25%

👎 Coinbase | $202.79 | -2.60%

👎 Meta | $215.510 | -0.76%
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📰 News & Views
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Recent stories that resonated with us.

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What’s a Startup Really Worth?
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Data from PitchBook indicates that 2021 turbocharged the pace at which startups raised capital, but also pushed the prices paid for startup shares to the stratosphere.

The result?

Oddly enough, more value creation between rounds than before, which means great mark-ups for venture capitalists, despite their having to pay more, earlier.

If venture investors are willing to pay so much more for startup equity today now that there is more competition, were the same investors undervaluing companies for years? (TechCrunch)​
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What Does a Real Economist Think of Cryptocurrencies?

Tyler Cowen is an economist and writer who co-founded the popular blog, MarginalRevolution. A professor at George Mason University, Cowen was named one of the Economist’s top 36 economists who were most influential over the past decade.

And he’s pro cryptocurrency.

In an effort to understand what economists think of this burgeoning industry, John Biggs reached out to Cowen to talk about the history of crypto as it deals with monetary policy.

Biggs asked one simple question:​
What would the greatest economists of the past have thought of the current crypto mania? (TechCrunch)​
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Startup Stories:
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● The San Francisco Bay Area is a hub for tech companies and startups of all types, attracting an absurd amount of talent to one place.
Take a look at 21 startups creating incredible businesses in the Bay Area. Perhaps one of these companies will provide you with an idea or inspiration for your next business. (Grit Daily)​
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● The Southeast Asian market is particularly good for startups right now, and investors from around the world are starting to pay some serious attention to the region.
If you want more information about the startup boom in S.E. Asia, this article takes a quick look at the background and reviews some of the startups on the rise. (Grit Daily)​
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● Extra: What did he see that we didn’t? Warren Buffett bought a $1B stake in Activision weeks before the Microsoft deal. (Financial News)​
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Sponsored by Flippa

The Best Online Businesses

This Weeks Top Listings

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These are the listings we’re excited about right now:

​1. 13 Year Old SaaS Business in the Automotive industry ​
Asking $985,000

The metrics that matter:

• Trailing 12 Months Revenue - $413,315
• Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) - $26,956
• Subscription Churn Rate - 2.61%
• Lifetime Value - $4,288
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​2. 4 Year Old Subscription Commerce Box Working with Disney​
Asking $150,000

The metrics that matter:

• Avg. Monthly Profit - $3,635
• Strong direct and organic acquisition - 62%
• 50% YOY growth
• 51% Profit Margin
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​3. SharkTank featured Ecommerce business in the beauty industry​
Range: $2M - $3M

The metrics that matter:

• High customer return rate - 58%
• High average order value - $70
• TTM - $3.3MM
• Profit Margin - 80%
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​4. 11 Year Old Personal Finance Blog Making $17,000 Monthly​
Asking ~$540K

The metrics the matter:

• Monthly Revenue of $17K
• 83% Direct or Organic Search
• Authority Score of 48
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​5. 23 Year Old Content Site with Massive Authority Score of 57​
Asking $11,000

The metrics that matter:

• $255 profit p/m
• 100% margin. No cost base.
• 52,000 page views per month with 10% returning visitors
• Ranked 212,805 in world’s top 1 million websites

🔎 For more of the best from the #1 marketplace to buy & sell online businesses, start your search here.
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🍿 Domain Snacks

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Dharmesh Shah Comments on a $100,000 Acquisition

Sedo released its weekly domain name sales report on Tuesday, and the $100,000 sale of WordPlay.com was the largest public sale of the week on the platform. HubSpot CTO and Co-Founder Dharmesh Shah was the buyer of WordPlay.com.
Find out why he spent $100,000 to buy it. (Domain Investing)​
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Domain Forwarding Does Not Prove Ownership

People need to be mindful of the fact that domain name forwarding does not prove ownership. Forwarding can be a smart way to use a domain name, but it is also used to fool people into thinking a relationship exists between two unrelated entities. (Domain Investing)​
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.eth Domain Sales
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According to NFT Stats the average price of a .eth domain sale is over $1K in the last 7 days. (Hat tip to Richard Patey)
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🤝🏿 Deals

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🔒 = Accredited Investors Only

None of these deals is a recommendation from investing.io. This content is for information purposes only. All returns listed are estimations from the respective platforms, and not advice from investing.io. Do your own research. 

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👩🏽‍🌾 Top Yields on Stablecoins
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• MIM- Tarot (Fantom) - 46.78% APY
• MAI/USDT - ProtoFi (Fantom) - 31.96% APY
• UST - Anchor (Terra) - 19.42% APY

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💲 DeFi Yields

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• ​Hundred.Finance (Fantom Chain)
• Hakuswap via YieldYak (Avax Chain) USDC-USDT: 21.70%
• Pangolin via YieldYak (Avax Chain) UST-USDC: 23.20%
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🏠 Real Estate Deals

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• Multifamily Opportunity Fund III, City State, MSA: CA, OR, CO, NV, SC, GA, FL, NC, TX: via Crowdstreet​
• Private Equity REIT I (C-REIT): via Crowdstreet​
• Tannehill Promenade Shopping Center, Bessemer, AL: via First National Realty Partners​
• DAUPHIN PLAZA Harrisburg, PA: via First National Realty Partners​
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🧮 Other Deals

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• Pantera Early Stage Token Fund I: via Yieldstreet​
  50%+ Annualized Return, 5yr Term, 25k min 🔒
• Structured Notes Tech Portfolio VIII: via Yieldstreet​
  12% Yield, 2yr hold, 15k min 🔒
• Structured Notes Financials Portfolio III: via Yieldstreet​
  12% Yield, 2yr hold, 15k min 🔒
• Soybeans and Corn, Mount Clare Farm, Nuckolls County, NE: on Farmtogether​
  7% IRR, 2.5% Yield, 10yr Hold, 15k min 🔒
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🧰 Cool Tools

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»» Make an awesome profile picture from any photo.
Use Profile Pic Maker for your social media, creative, and professional profiles. Try the demo - it’s fun.
(How about an emoji profile pic for your kids? The emoji PFP Maker doesn’t require a photo upload).
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»» If you hate using spreadsheets (and updating them) to track your net worth, then Worth Tracker is the answer to your woes. You can manage and track your assets and liabilities easily with your mobile phone. Plus, this app doesn't need access to your private accounts, e.g., accounts with banks or brokers.
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»» Unlimited3D is a versatile, scalable, and easy-to-use 3D web platform. They offer a simple process to upload your digital assets, adjust the content, and then publish to your ecommerce site or embed in your social advertising.
​Not a designer? 3D artists from around the world buy and sell 3D models on the platform. (We enjoyed playing around on their interactive website)

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