Jeff Bezos invested $250,000 in Google in a very-early round because he liked the entrepreneurs — Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Based on the success of this investment, an analyst suggests that the ordinary investor can consider an online platform “for anyone eager to contribute to and grow with emerging leaders in technology and business.”
Here are 4 factors to help you understand Bezos’s smarts and decide whether you should consider investing via an online platform.
#1. Beating the odds in Amazon.com. rejected Google, Bezos was either brilliant or lucky. Given his track record, we can attribute his insight and decision to brilliance.