If you are able to shed more light on this, where do you go to invest in startups, or is it just from people that you personally know?
A decent article on how to invest in startups can be found
here.
Generally speaking, the common income earner can't invest in startups or other lucrative investments until they rise to the level of an
accredited investor.
If you are a newbie investor, I think it would be more wise to focus on generating cash flow, than investing in startups and the like. Startups have a high failure rate.
When you have a strong cash flow plus reserves, then invest in alternative investments like startups.
The IRS defines 3 types of income:
- Earned
- Portfolio
- Passive
The items are listed in the order of least tax favorable to most.
To generate wealth, you leverage the law, the tax codes, and finance/banking in order to create a system which generates excessive income through cash flowing assets. Wealth is not just money, but the goods, services, and assets that one acquires and controls as well.
You mentioned municipal bonds a while back. Munis are one of the few assets out there that can generate tax-free income ... or at worse, greatly reduced taxed income.
There are a few others that I am aware of that can generate tax free income ...