The Obama Administration recently launched a push to boost access to basic banking services for millions of Americans who lack them. As Treasury Secretary Jack Lew noted, an inability to access high-quality, low-cost transactional services drives millions of low and … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 8 ]Seeing an iPhone for the first time, Bill Gates is reported to have said, “Oh my God, Microsoft didn’t aim high enough.”* Anyone who has used a Zune, or who, like me, has owned computers running Windows Vista or Windows … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 2 ]“I’m not even sure what I want, but that’s not the point – it’s that I want it now.”
“Whenever the old gives way to the new, everybody with vested interests in the old starts crying that the world will stop. There aren’t many people with vested interests in the new.”
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
How are AllianceBernstein employees feeling about that move to Tennessee today?
Rocket Internet's VC arm is laying off 80% of support staff: https://bit.ly/3xQRjy6 I'm guessing the Samwer brothers noticed some U.S. VC firms laying off 40%.
"Now you must wake up
All dreams must end
Take off your makeup, the party's over
It's all over, my friend"
https://on.ft.com/3xU1Ubx
(@FT paywall)
The AWS Fintech Accelerator is an online, equity-free program for pre-seed - Series A fintech startups in the UK and Ireland. The application period is open. https://bit.ly/39N1mMz
We're hiring a full time legal consultant to join our team at the Strategic Litigation Project for 6 months.
If you're interested in working on accountability efforts for atrocity crimes and human rights violations this post might be for you.
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https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/job-opportunity/legal-consultant-strategic-litigation-project/
