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by DigitalSea 5127 days ago
It's a smart move. You're not the darling of the entertainment industry forever. One day the royalty payments won't be enough to pay the bills, the next flavour of the month has come along and taken your revenue stream, market and fans. Justin Bieber is setting himself up for life, venture capitalism is a good game to get into if you have the cash like Justin to make substantial investments in big tech startups.

Another high profile celebrity doing smart things with their money is Jessica Simpson (she hasn't done any venture capital investing... yet but she has quite a large empire of businesses and investments in the property market). She buys houses, renovates them and then sells them for a profit, not bad for someone who is portrayed as an idiot. She has clothing lines, a perfume range and a whole heap of other pieces of equity.

It always makes me glad to hear celebrities spending their money wisely and at the same time (even if an investment has been given for an expected return much like every other investor would expect) people like Justin are helping the little startup guys get a break and make a difference.

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> Justin Bieber is setting himself up for life, venture capitalism is a good game to get into if you have the cash like Justin to make substantial investments in big tech startups.

Did you miss the part about making $105M in the last 24 months? He's already set up for many life times.