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Market Traders Institute Investor Advice on Market Trends

The Startup Magazine

Social Media. Not only are financial journals now engaged on social media, thought leaders in investing are pointing their fingers at critical changes in the economy. Advances in financial technology empower lightning-fast transactions and intuitive notification systems. New Trends in Fintech.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts.

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Why Businesses Must Grasp Millennial Thinking Or Face Economic Calamity

YoungUpstarts

One example is their relationship with technology. All of us, regardless of which generation we belong to, have been impacted by technology. You could think of it this way: If technology were a geyser, Baby Boomers and Generation Xers have been sprayed by its impact, but Millennials got drenched. Information is essential.

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15 Steps to Fundraising for Your New Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Set up the basic marketing toolkit: deck, website, accurate online databases, and social media accounts. . Your materials should ideally meet the expectations of the Institutional Limited Partners Association, even if you’re not targeting institutions. For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. Panel 1 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Traditional Investing in Public Securities. He was an Institutional Investor ranked analyst for several years. We also have a great panel coming up next Thursday night, Jan.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google.

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

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The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media. To understand the SEC’s point of view , it’s necessary to review the principles underlying securities law in the United States.

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