243: How KingsCrowd Makes Startup Investing Accessible with Christopher Lustrino

<p>Chris Lustrino is Founder &amp; CEO of KingsCrowd, the first ratings and analytics service for the online private markets. He has raised $3.5M from 2,700 investors to date and grown his business to over 350,000 subscribers and 20 full-time staff.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Prior to founding KingsCrowd, he worked on behalf of private equity clients at LEK Consulting from 2014 to 2017 and supported travel-tech startup Freebird in 2018 to raise an $8M series A prior to being acquired by Capital One. He also founded Simple.Innovative.Change, a Fintech publication focused on alternative investments and lending and was a finalist for the 2018 LendIt Fintech Journalist of the Year.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>*DISCLAIMER - We are not giving any financial advice. Please DYOR*</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>(00:00 - 03:38) Opening Segment</p> <p>-Chris is being introduced as the guest Host</p> <p>-Chris shares something interesting about himself</p> <p><br></p> <p>(03:38 - 25:36) How Kingscrowd makes startup investing accessible to all</p> <p>-Chris also loves to invest in Real Estate</p> <p>-How did the Kingscrowd start&nbsp;</p> <p>-Chris talks about how the investor benefits from the kingscrowd&nbsp;</p> <p>-He also shares what process do they follow</p> <p>-Chris' ideas of the deals to watch</p> <p>-He shares as well the successful and failed deals he had</p> <p>-Chris shares if there's a conflict of interest</p> <p>-And also he shares about investors can see all their business investment</p> <p>-Lastly, Chris shares what are the trends that he sees in the market</p> <p><br></p> <p>(25:53 - 29:15) Fire round</p> <p>-Chris shares his investment strategy</p> <p>-He also shares his favorite Finance, real estate book, or any related book</p> <p>-He shares about the website and tools that he can recommend</p> <p>-Christophers' advice to beginner investors</p> <p>-Also he shares how he gives back</p> <p><br></p> <p>(29:15 - 29:57) Closing Segment</p> <p>-If you want to learn more about the discussion, you can watc