Credit is a critical part of our country’s economic engine.

Businesses and consumers use it for nearly every economic action they undertake—from leasing equipment, to buying a home, to paying for medical bills.

The consumer side alone currently makes up 20% of U.S. GDP.

While credit can make the wheels…

The Chinese stock market has taken investors on a wild ride recently:

In June, the Shanghai Composite Index was sitting at 5,000…

By August, it had dropped to 3,000—a nosedive of 40%.

To recoup their money, Chinese investors are looking to the U.S. markets.

But in an unexpected twist, they’re…

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Last weekend, I went on a family trip up the coast of Maine—there’s nothing quite like New England in the fall.

Early one evening, over a cold beer and a hot cup of clam “chowdah,” we started chatting about the recently announced merger between Dell and EMC.

Given that Dell…

Last Friday, a British entrepreneur named Cliff Dennett put on a well-pressed shirt and blazer, took a deep breath, and sat down for a painful interview.

During the videotaped interrogation, which we’ll link to below, Cliff opens up about why his start-up failed—and why his investors lost all their money.

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Netflix Nearly Blows $46 Billion

Matt shook his head. “This can’t be right,” he said. "Let’s check it again."

We were reviewing the latest findings from our research team, and one particular data point was sticking out like a sore thumb:

According to the data (which we eventually triple-checked), online private investing last quarter represented…

Bill Gross was once dubbed the “the biggest investor in the world.”

For decades, he managed the $292 billion Pimco Total Return Fund—up until last year, it was largest bond fund on the planet.

If you’re familiar with the complexity of evaluating bond investments—from calculating default risk to forecasting the…

Generating Power—Out of Thin Air

We live in a perpetual cloud of radio frequency (RF) signals. These signals are the reason your smartphone gets coverage, and your TV receives digital broadcasts. Now a new company has figured out how to use all this RF energy to create usable electricity.

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First, a warning:

This is going to be a little different than usual...

You see, nine times out of ten, when Crowdability writes about technology, we focus on all the things that could go right—

From how technology can help solve major problems around the world, to how it can…