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Retail investors making only a few Crowdcube investments will likely lose money
“So if you're making a couple of early stage investments on Crowdcube, you know, you're probably going to lose your money.”
Thomas Jones predicts insurance is the next major industry for tech disruption
“Yeah, I think my answer there is probably insurance, and the reason is, and you know, it's a big area, it's boring, it has a lot of data you know, the kind of young startup kids don't tend to focus on it, they focus on retail things.”
Charlotte Street Capital makes five to six investments yearly
“We now find ourselves probably actively making five or six investments a year, and also these days, we tend to, we're trying to both lead the investments, or sometimes actually set the businesses up ourselves, because in some cases, we spot a market opportunit…”