Beanstox Will Automate Your Investments—And Even Let You Invest In The Company Itself

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About Beanstox: Beanstox is an automated online investment advisory service that gives  investors access to a personalized portfolio of ETFs. Users can invest with a $100 minimum and  allot set amounts of money for scheduled investments at defined time intervals.  

Beanstox differentiates itself through its personalization capabilities and simple low monthly  fees, O’Brien said (https://beanstox.com/fees/). Users have the ability to select a set of inputs  that describe their investment goals and risk tolerance, which will determine the kind of  investments the app selects.  

“Even if you don’t know anything about investing, it will [select investments] for you,” he said.  “Based on the personal information that you put in, here are the eight, nine, or ten ETFs in a  specific weighting that suit the inputs that you put into the system.”  

Disciplined Investing: As much fun as day trading might be, O’Brien stressed the importance  of long-term investing to build wealth over time. That philosophy is shared by famed "Shark  Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary, Chairman and co-owner, who co-founded Beanstox with  O'Brien.  

O’Leary’s investment philosophy hinges on owning diversified ETFs, specifically those that have  dividend growth and are technology-focused. 

“Dividend growth stocks are ones that tend to have good healthy businesses,” O’Brien said.  “Dividends that are high but not growing tend to reflect businesses that have stopped growing  and might even be slipping. And so, the dividend growth category is interesting for that reason.” 

Why Beanstox Is Crowdfunding: Beanstox is also in the midst of a crowdfunding campaign,  its second campaign in as many years*.  

Last year, O’Brien said, the company raised $1.07 million via an equity crowdfunding campaign,  which was the regulatory limit at the time. Now that the limit has been raised to $5 million per  year, Beanstox is doing another round. 

“We really like it because we get more users of the Beanstox app to also become investors in  the business,” O’Brien said. “And they’re a bit like brand ambassadors. They give us feedback,

they tell us what they like and what they don’t like and what they want to see next. So, it’s a  really interesting way to go.” 

Watch the full interview with O’Brien at the 1-hour mark here. 

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*Kevin O’Leary is a strategic advisor and paid spokesperson for StartEngine, which owns the  funding portal hosting the Offering. 

Beanstox Inc. (“Beanstox”) is an SEC registered investment adviser and has arranged for  brokerage services to be provided by DriveWealth LLC., a registered broker-dealer and  member of FINRA/SIPC. DriveWealth is not affiliated with Beanstox. 

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