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The Robots Are Coming for Investment Bankers, Not Just Truck Drivers

Hunter Walker

Fascinating New York Times article of the impact an analytics startup called Kensho is having in investment banking. Maybe in ten years investment bankers will stand alongside truck drivers in discussions about safety nets, universal basic income and skills retraining. Goldman Sachs is Kensho’s largest investor.

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The Robots Are Coming for Investment Bankers, Not Just Truck Drivers

Hunter Walker

Fascinating New York Times article of the impact an analytics startup called Kensho is having in investment banking. Maybe in ten years investment bankers will stand alongside truck drivers in discussions about safety nets, universal basic income and skills retraining. Goldman Sachs is Kensho’s largest investor.

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[Interview] Patrick Mackaronis, Director Of Business Development At Brabble

YoungUpstarts

By his sophomore year in college, Patrick Mackaronis had become a full blown young businessman, as he attended school he created live-event promotions and marketing business targeting students over a dozen of the areas universities. You need to have a vision,” he advises others similarly on the entrepreneurial path.

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25 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

There will be less employees and more solopreneurs. Thanks to Richard Burner, Goals Marketing ! #2- 2- Means investing in micro-influencers. Advertisements, search engines, and social media all provide businesses with the opportunity to grow brand awareness and gain influence in the market. Photo Credit: Ben Reynolds.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

This combinatorial model works because it’s diversified, can best withstand bear markets, benefits from technological synergies, and it’s the mix of products and services clients value. Here digital intercepts of consumer activities are aggregated into large data sets, analysed, and assessed versus market expectations.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

Our long-term goal is to ensure that the best people can consistently find their calling within the HOF family, including identifying logical next career progression opportunities across different HOF companies when a rising employee does not have a logical next move within her current employer. For example, consider public relations.

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Valuing Startup Employee Options

David Teten

Such a model is particularly helpful for those founders looking for a co-founder or key employee. While working on my most recent startup, Navon Partners , we were fortunate to have Raul Trevino , a star former Citi investment banker and Columbia MBA, interning with us.

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