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Posts by Ricky Nave

6 Ways to Find New Crypto Projects Before They Go Mainstream

Solana price chart showing the price explosion from just over $2 on January 4, 2021 to over $250 in late 2021 The exponential price curves of many cryptocurrency projects mean that investing in...

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What is a “First-Check” Venture Capital Fund?

Each venture capital (VC) fund has its own particular strategy for selecting startups to invest in. Some VC funds only invest in startups within a particular industry vertical. Some only invest in...

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When Does a C-Corporation Have to File its First Tax Return?

If you formed a C corporation in the United States, then your corporation will need to file an annual federal tax return. However, whereas an individual person or even an LLC must generally file...

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Digital Signature Cryptography: An Intro for Data Scientists

The purpose of a digital signature is to give the receiver of a digital message reason to believe that the message was authored by the person claiming to have sent the message. In addition, digital...

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Why Cybersecurity is an Evergreen Investment Opportunity

Sometimes I talk with an investor who has the opinion that consumers' increasing complacence around their online privacy and security means that cybersecurity is an industry with relatively muted...

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Private Equity Fund vs Hedge Fund vs Venture Capital Fund

An investment fund is a special-purpose company which pools the money from many passive investors for collective investment under the management of professional investors. There are several...

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About the Author

In college, Ricky studied physics & math, won a prestigious research competition hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, started several small businesses including an energy chewing gum business and a computer repair business, and graduated with a thesis in algebraic topology. After graduating, Ricky attended grad school at Duke University in the mathematics PhD program where he worked on quantum algorithms & non-Euclidean geometry models for flexible proteins. He also worked in cybersecurity at Los Alamos during this time before eventually dropping out of grad school to join a startup working on formal semantic modeling for legal documents. Finally, he left that startup to start his own in the finance & crypto space. Now, he helps entrepreneurs pay less capital gains tax.

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