It’s the Perfect Environment for Big Gains in This Booming Sector

Andy Snyder|January 26, 2022

Oh boy… we’re more excited than ever.

It’s the perfect environment for big gains.

We joined a roundtable of business owners last night. What a great group of talented and smart entrepreneurs.

They all came to the table with a common goal… to make more money.

It reminded us why we’re so excited about what we’ve been up to behind the scenes – and what is coming your way tomorrow.

Normally, when we’re evaluating companies, we’re dealing with enormous numbers… thousands of employees… and businesses within businesses.

Very, very few of them can double in size in a matter of months or even years.

There’s a huge void between even the smallest of public companies and the startups whose owners we consulted with last night.

Instead of using their muscle to push even smaller guys out of the way, these folks are using their muscle to gain traction and push new ideas forward.

It’s truly exciting.

Perfect Timing

For the savvy entrepreneur, times have never been better. The internet has created an entirely new playing field. With just a couple of clicks of a mouse, any company can now become an international business. Any company can tap into incredible, cloud-based computing power. And any company can take advantage of a robust financial sector that has never offered so much money… so cheaply.

In many ways, we’d rather own a stake in a tiny startup than a big beast – especially right now, as the market throws its Fed-induced tantrum.

The businesspeople we met with last night own small companies. Most have just a couple of employees and one, maybe two business lines. We doubt any of these companies will become the next unicorn… a billion-dollar breakthrough.

But then again, Amazon got its start by selling used textbooks.

Facebook got its start by building a site to rank girls at Harvard.

And Netflix, of course, got its start with a very simple proposition. Founder Reed Hastings was miffed because of the $40 late fee he was charged after renting Apollo 13. So he used the power of the then-new internet to allow folks to rent DVDs online and get them in the mail.

Now the company takes up 15% of the world’s internet bandwidth and has rocked multiple industries.

Hastings made billions when the company went public.

But it wasn’t the first company he took public. At the age of 31, he helped launch Pure Software… It was sold six years later for $750 million.

Stories like this abound.

Why Now?

You’ve probably heard about the IPO boom. Nearly 1,000 companies went public last year.

Each represents a huge windfall for early investors.

But have you asked why it’s happening? Why are so many companies exploding in size (and value) and going public right now?

We already answered that question. See above…

The conditions are right. They’re better than ever.

Access to technology is better and fairer than at any time in history… perhaps with the exception of the Stone Age.

We talked with one business owner last night who is able to make his product many times more efficiently thanks to 3D printing. Another has expanded sales to a hotbed market across the country… and was able to do it from her remote workspace.

You’ve surely heard Warren Buffett complaining in recent years about how he can’t access the potentially huge returns that come from investing in small businesses. His firm is simply too big.

Just like the banks we detailed on Monday… he’s having a hard time finding value in the big fish of the public market. The profit potential in the private space is much bigger.

This is huge.

And it comes at a time when the average investor – again, thanks to technology – can get a stake in some of the market’s best startups for just $100… or less.

We’re very excited about it.

Even better… we’re doing something about it. It’s a first for Manward. And it’s a huge opportunity for investors looking for a shot at outsized returns outside of a frazzled stock market.

A big announcement is coming tomorrow.

Stay tuned.