Good morning, Crowd.

It's Alberto.

Picture this: It's June 2006. You have $10,000 saved up.

A startup called Palantir is raising money. They're building software to track terrorists. The CIA is their first customer.

You want in.

The answer: No.

Not because you don't have the money. Not because you're not smart enough.

Because you're not a venture capitalist.

That $10,000? It would be worth $2.1 million today.

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It's 2006. You're sitting across from a Palantir fundraiser.

"So can I invest?" you ask.

"Are you an accredited investor?"

"What's that?"

"Do you make $200K a year or have $1M net worth?"

"No, but I have $10,000 ready to—"

"Sorry. SEC rules. We can only take money from qualified investors."

You leave empty-handed.

The VC at the next table? He writes a $500K check.

Palantir grew.

Slowly at first.

2008: They raised $36.8M at a $400M valuation. Fought through the financial crisis.

2011: $50M more. Valuation hit $2.5 billion. Still no profits. Still pure belief.

2015: The big one. $880M round. $20 billion valuation.

Peter Thiel. Stanley Druckenmiller. Tiger Global. Founders Fund.

Every round, the same answer to regular investors: No.

September 2020: Palantir finally goes public. Direct listing on NYSE. $10 per share.

You finally get your shot.

But you're 14 years late.

Let's say you had that $10,000 in 2006. Here's what could've been:

Series A (June 2006) — $32M valuation
Your $10K buys: ~0.03% of the company
Worth today: $2,115,000
Return: 21,000%

Series C (Feb 2008) — $400M valuation
Your $10K buys: ~0.0025% of the company
Worth today: $1,690,000
Return: 16,900%

Series E (May 2011) — $2.5B valuation
Your $10K buys: ~0.0004% of the company
Worth today: $270,000
Return: 2,600%

Series H (July 2015) — $20B valuation
Your $10K buys: ~0.00005% of the company
Worth today: $33,800
Return: 238%

IPO (Sept 2020) — Direct listing at $10
Your $10K buys: 1,000 shares
Worth today: $152,000
Return: 1,420%

Even at the IPO, you're up 14x.

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