I have a bank branch in my pocket. It’s open 24/7, wherever I happen to be. With it, I can conduct just about any banking transaction I want. The exception is withdrawing cash, and I can do that at almost … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 2 ]Springfield, MA-based Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is launching a venture capital firm to invest in startups that will help the company improve its life insurance, disability, annuity, long-term care, retirement plans, and investment businesses. MassMutual Ventures LLC will receive … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]“If no one seems to understand, start your own revolution and cut out the middleman.”
“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.”
It doesn't really sound like Brian Armstrong of Coinbase has found the right way to "build a movement and change the world." At least it doesn't if you would like that change to be for the better. https://j.mp/3mfrPDg
Fidelity piloting #cryptocurrency data and analytics platform created for institutional investors within @FCATalyst: https://j.mp/3o0gmrK #fintech
The irresponsible and corruptly promoted Pebble Mine proposed for Bristol Bay in Alaska appears dead again. Let's hope this time it stays that way. It would have been catastrophic for the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery. https://j.mp/376wukN
Vennfi, which just raised a $2.3MM seed, runs @Charityvest, which allows anyone to set up a donor-advised fund and make tax-deductible charitable contributions. Images of happy clients endorsing the service on its site are stock photos. https://j.mp/2V1bgz8
Massachusetts AG sues Town Sports International, a bankrupt gym operator run by Patrick Walsh, for violating state consumer protection laws, and it richly deserves it: https://j.mp/3fzU39s
