Matthew C Le Merle - Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era: How Angel Investors, VCs, and Entrepreneurs Prosper in an Age of Unprecedented Innovation

As someone who has worked with dozens of start-ups and some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, people ask me all the time how they can be part of todays explosive wealth generation opportunity with the tech economy. This book, with its 10 simple strategies based on an individuals personal goals and resources, provides an excellent roadmap on how anyone can build wealth by investing in the new disruptive innovations that are changing our world.

Susan Butenhoff, CEO Access Emanate Communications

The authors of the book are exactly the type of people they described so well: Angel investors without whomthe whole innovation machine never gets started. Matthew and Alison actually do what they say and make the Fifth Era benefit us all via educating and supporting entrepreneurs and outlining smart ways to make money during these tectonic transitions. A must read for innovators and investors!

Alex Fedosseev, CEO 1World Online

Throughout history, innovation led to prosperity for humankind. Each era changed the rules of the game. The balance of prosperity shifted to those who adapted. Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era examines lessons learned throughout human evolution. The goal of the book is to decode the rules for the Fifth Era. It maps the game for those seeking wealth in the age of now. This book is a field guide for entrepreneurs, investors, employees and service providers.

Marko Gargenta, Founder PlusPlus and Former Director Twitter University

The authors have artfully condensed 30 years of innovation-driven experience into a highly engaging book that makes the new Fifth Era of disruptiveand highly profitableinnovation accessible to investors, entrepreneurs, and essentially all economic stakeholders. Their work makes a compelling case for why the most valuable companies in the future will be those that align with the new era of technology- and biotechnology- enabled innovations, and how entrepreneurs and investors can harness the profound growth opportunities that are certain to emerge.

Blake Grossman, former CEO, Barclays Global Investors

Whether you are or just aspire to be an entrepreneur or investor, this book is an invaluable insight into the future. The authors have succinctly captured their decades of experience to help you seize the global opportunities that the Fifth Era presents. A must read.

Priya Guha, Ecosystem General Manager RocketSpace UK

The authors have been focused on innovation for most of their working careers. This book shares the lessons they have learned as investors, advisors and board directors.

Tony Hsieh, NY Times bestselling author of Delivering Happiness, CEO Zappos.com

Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era is a practical and informative toolkit straight from the heart of Silicon Valley a must read for anyone looking to make it in todays world!

Linda Jenkinson, Co-Founder John Paul Group,

Director Air New Zealand/Massey Foundation

As a veteran Silicon Valley professional who has witnessed the beginnings of this Fifth Era first hand, I can say that the authors analysis and recommendations ring true. Every young person entering todays workforce would benefit from reading this book, as would anyone else who is open to assessing whether they are truly putting themselves in the best position to take advantage of the extraordinary times we live in. This could be the most impactful book you read this year!

Riaz Karamali, Partner Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

To read Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era is to gain an appreciation for this unique moment in time when companies leveraging new technologies including cloud, mobile, machine learning, and AI are poised to disrupt every industry. In this easy-to-read guide, Matthew and Alison help their readers understand how best to leverage their individual strengths to capitalize on the great wealth creation to come from the winning disrupters. Kudos to Matthew & Alison for helping make angel investing strategies easy to understand and (hopefully) lucrative for those wise enough to deploy their strategies.

Lou Kerner, Partner Flight Ventures

As a general partner at a venture capital firm, I see the trends laid out in Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era play out in my day job. This book provides an excellent primer for those who dont have the same vantage point.

Jeremy Liew, Partner Lightspeed Ventures

A clear vision of how best to access, engage and profit from the wealth creation opportunities all around us, unfolding before our eyes. Technology innovation is the gold rush of our time on a global scale, and Matthew and Alison want each reader to find their own way to participate in and benefit from this wealth creation.

Nathan McDonald, Chairman Keiretsu Forum Northwest,

Partner Keiretsu Capital

Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era is a must read for any investor who wants to think differently about asset allocation. With the massive changes in the markets that Matthew and Alison reveal in this important book, financial advisers and savvy (accredited) investors alike would be wise to consider an asset allocation model that includes exposure to todays fastest-growing privately financed companies. This book provides a how to roadmap along with important historical facts and enlightening supporting data.

Ned Montenecourt, Former Chief Compliance Officer

BlackRock Investments

Investing in young companies is a hazardous undertaking where most participants lose. This book suggests ways to avoid that fate.

Michael Moritz, Partner Sequoia Capital

Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era lays out a roadmap for how this era is following patterns weve seen in previous disruptions. Its a great way to visualize the future both as an investor and entrepreneur, and find opportunities others will miss.

Gil Penchina, Partner at Flight Ventures,

Co-Founder of Fastly, 1 Angel on AngelList

People are constantly asking me questions about angel investing and venture capital. Read this book if you want to understand the capital that fuels the entrepreneurs and technology innovation changing the world.

Keith Rabois, General Partner Khosla Ventures

The best insight into the future comes from understanding the past. Tools and technologies evolve, but humans, as social animals, adapt to change in predictable ways. This book provides a deep grounding in where we came from, and where we are headed.

Jim Robinson, Managing Partner RRE Ventures

The authors of Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era generously share their experience, common sense and apparent sixth sense in concisely describing these rapidly changing technological times in which we live the Fifth Era. Their insightful advice on where and how to get ahead of the crowd as an entrepreneur, investor or employee is invaluable. Anyone interested in augmenting their future prosperity will be wise to understand and apply the intelligent perspectives of this book and, as a result, be positioned to attain abundant returns.

Ira P. Rothken, Founder Techfirm.com , Angel Investor

Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era reviews who made a disproportionate impact and reaped a disproportionate reward in previous economic eras, and hence lays the groundwork for looking at the current era and predicting the same thing for you: how as an angel investor, entrepreneur, passive fund investor, or in various other roles, you can impact and benefit from the world as it is now and is going to become.

Ian Sobieski, Ph.D., Chairman/Managing Member

Band of Angels, LLC

Build Your Fortune in the Fifth Era provides an eye-awakening description of how technology today is changing our lives and creating new opportunities for wealth creation. No one can read this book and not be left struck by the uniqueness of our time, the potential for wealth creation, and the importance of embracing change.