Investors can be forgiven if they chose not to invest in the initial public offering (IPO) of CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD) in 2019, much less invest $5,000 at that time. This company is a cloud-based enterprise cybersecurity specialist. And most investors aren't well-versed on this subject.

In short, most investors don't know what it takes to be a good company in this space, which would have been a good reason not to buy CrowdStrike's IPO.

After all, cybersecurity companies don't have much room for error. A single, preventable breach can result in irreparable reputational damage. In other words, everything can seem hunky-dory until a bad actor exposes the shortcomings of a company's software. The subsequent hit to the business and, consequently, shareholders would be incredibly fast.

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