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How 433 Investors Unlocked 400X Return Potential

Institutional investors back startups to unlock outsized returns. Regular investors have to wait. But not anymore. Thanks to regulatory updates, some companies are doing things differently.

Take Revolut. In 2016, 433 regular people invested an average of $2,730. Today? They got a 400X buyout offer from the company, as Revolut’s valuation increased 89,900% in the same timeframe.

No wonder 10K+ everyday people are taking the chance on Pacaso.

Founded by a former Zillow exec, Pacaso’s co-ownership tech reshapes the $1.3T vacation home market. They’ve earned $110M+ in gross profit to date, including 41% YoY growth in 2024 alone. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO.

The same institutional investors behind Uber, Venmo, and eBay backed Pacaso. And you can join them. But not for long. Pacaso’s investment opportunity ends September 18.

Invest While You Still Can

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Our hearts and prayers continue to go out to Charlie Kirk’s family and for America.

14 If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14, ESV)

What's in this week's issue?

• 🙏 The media’s duty after Charlie Kirk: Help rebuild civil society

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National traumas can reveal our best instincts—and our worst. The assassination of Charlie Kirk, who was gunned down while engaging in political debate on a college campus, has done both. Many responded with compassion for his family and calls for greater civility. Others, disturbingly, cheered his murder.

As Matthew Continetti of the American Enterprise Institute observed, the shooting “struck at the ties that hold a free society together,” for it was an assault not just on a man but on the practice of open and civil discourse. What explains the acceptance and celebration of political violence? It would be easy to blame overheated political rhetoric.

But something deeper is at work. Surveys show that one in three college students today expresses some support for the use of violence to silence a campus speaker—a 50 percent increase from just a decade ago. This shift reflects more than partisan anger: It signals a corrosive set of ideas, nurtured in classrooms and amplified in public forums, that reject the foundations of Western civilization. Read more

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• 👶 MIT News: Machine-learning tool gives doctors a more detailed 3D picture of fetal health (link)

• 🚫 China says Nvidia violated antitrust regulations (link)

• 🎒 How AI is undermining learning and teaching in universities (link)

• 😎 Meta unveils new smart glasses with a display and wristband controller (link)

Listen or read the following transcript as Kent Hughes examines John 18:1–11, focusing on the events leading to Jesus’ arrest. Hughes highlights Jesus’ authority, control over the situation, and willingness to submit to the Father’s plan. The sermon underscores the significance of Jesus’ obedience and sacrifice for humanity’s salvation.

The following unedited transcript is provided by Beluga AI.

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