This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Figuring out how to build and run a business isn’t easy—and a lot of the moves you need to make aren’t intuitive. However, too many people approach it by just copying what it seems like everyone else is doing without taking a hard look at what your actual goals are and really learning how to go about the job of Founder and CEO. They’re “playing startup” as opposed to actually building a company.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 6, 2021
On Friday, the US jobs report produced a confusing result. From Bloomberg : The jobs report is composed of two surveys — one of employers and the other of households. The employer survey, which determines the payroll and wage figures, showed hiring slowed across industries, including declines at automakers and retail outlets. The household survey, which determines the jobless and participation rates, showed employment surged by 1.14 million people and many came off the sidelines.
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Financial Times: Moral Money
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Green stocks were ‘leading the show’ last year but energy companies and funds have roared ahead
Indigo Marketing Agency
DECEMBER 28, 2021
If you’re like most financial advisors, you want to make the best impression possible on LinkedIn. And this may have you wondering: What should I do when I get a new LinkedIn connection? What protocol is there for following up and staying engaged? Well, that’s exactly what we’ll talk about today. As part of our Total Marketing Package, we help advisors grow their networks by making new connections on LinkedIn for them.
Advisor Rankings
DECEMBER 22, 2021
Google recently confirmed a major update to its local search algorithm. The update – named Vicinity by the SEO community – rolled out between November 30th and December 8th, 2021. It is the largest change to the Local Algorithm since the Possum update in 2016. The update is different from the usual algorithm update as it isn’t fixing bugs or targeting spam.
Dear Mr. Market
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Dear Mr. Market: It’s that time of year. Everyone has some stinkers in their portfolio and in a taxable account it’s a great time to evaluate whether one should offset that loss by taking some gains on your winners. If you followed any of Jim Cramer’s advice this past year you have some serious evaluating to do! The aim of this article is not a hit piece of Mr.
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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 16, 2021
My friends at The New Consumer and Coefficient Capital have published their annual consumer survey. There are many interesting slides in it, none more than this one. I guess that explains this chart: But back to the consumer survey, there are lots of interesting slides in it and you can get it here by creating a free account to The New Consumer. I strongly recommend doing that and enjoying your coffee this morning mulling over the report.
Financial Times: Moral Money
DECEMBER 22, 2021
Plus, the growing list of investors in tree-planting fintech Aspiration
Indigo Marketing Agency
DECEMBER 30, 2021
The new testimonial rule has officially gone into effect as of May 4, 2021! This completely revolutionizes the way financial advisors can market their services. But as an advisor, how do you effectively use the new testimonial rule in your marketing without running into compliance issues? That’s where we come in. We’re excited to announce that Indigo is now offering a Testimonial Program to help advisors get glowing client reviews online—all while remaining compliant.
H.I.G. Growth Partners
DECEMBER 14, 2021
Contact: Eric Tencer Managing Director etencer@higgrowth.com H.I.G. Growth Partners 500 Boylston Street 20 th Floor Boston, MA 02116 P 617.262.8455 F 617.262.1505 www.HIGgrowth.com BOSTON – December 14, 2021 – Eruptr Holdings, Inc. (“Eruptr” or the “Company”), a leading provider of ROI-focused digital marketing patient engagement and customer acquisition solutions for hospitals and healthcare systems, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the health risk ass
Hellman & Friedman LLC
DECEMBER 6, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Round is led with investment by Salesforce Ventures with participation from ServiceNow Ventures and Zoom Video Communications, to strengthen Genesys leadership in the Experience as a Service(SM) market Genesys, a global cloud leader in customer experience orchestration, today announced a $580 million round of funding, which is intended to accelerate the company’s leadership in the Experience as a Service market globally.
ClearMoney
DECEMBER 14, 2021
The following is provided by Dimensional Fund Advisors. Systematic, or factor-based, investing has become quite common in equities. Investor adoption in fixed income has lagged, at least when measured by the assets under management (AUM) in mutual funds and ETFs. At the end of 2020, $1.35 trillion in equity fund AUM1 was categorized as strategic beta by Morningstar.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 20, 2021
I saw two charts last week that showed the same thing: This chart was in the deck I shared here last week called Consumer Trends 2022. It shows that after a big lift in 2020 and a bit of a lull in 2021, the e-commerce trendline is back to its old baseline. This is our portfolio company DuckDuckGo ‘s search traffic curve, available here , on a ten-day moving average.
Financial Times: Moral Money
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Stakeholder capitalism and regulatory clampdowns pose a threat to corporate margins
Indigo Marketing Agency
DECEMBER 16, 2021
Happy Holidays from Indigo Marketing Agency! We wanted to take a moment to say thank you to a few people: our hardworking Indigo team, incredibly supportive family members, and you—thank you for being part of our network! Please watch the video below to hear a bit more from our CEO, Claire, personally. The post Happy Holidays From Indigo Marketing – 2021 appeared first on Indigo Marketing Agency.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Over the last month, there has been a ton of debate and conversation about web2 vs web3 with many leading voices raising doubts about web3. Debate and doubt are healthy. And web3 enthusiasts, particularly on Twitter, remind me of missionaries trying to recruit the unwashed to their belief system. Frankly, it is all too much for me. However, the debate is important, the pushback is healthy, and ultimately web3 will have to deliver on its promise which means teams building things that provide new
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 31, 2021
As is my custom here at AVC, I like to end the year looking back and start the year looking forward. This post will be the look back and I started by revisiting my look forward into 2021 that I wrote on New Year’s Day 2021. In my typical optimist fashion, I was dead wrong about how quickly the pandemic would fizzle out. I predicted that vaccines plus immunity from those who had been infected would end the pandemic by mid-year 2021.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 14, 2021
After skipping a year last year, USV held its annual team party last night. It has felt great getting back to getting together with friends, family, and co-workers this holiday season. It has meant a lot of rapid testing for me, all negative thankfully, including one this morning. We also had every single team member in the USV office yesterday, which was a first since we fully re-opened in March of this year.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 10, 2021
The second week of December every year is Computer Science Education Week. It is a week to celebrate efforts to get computer science education into the K12 system around the world, and it is also a week in which schools do events, like The Hour of Code , to encourage students and teachers to get excited about learning computer science. Most AVC readers know that my passion project for the last decade has been getting computer science education broadly available in the NYC public school system.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 3, 2021
I backed this project the minute I saw it this morning. The idea of a wall-mounted device like a Nest Thermostat that controls/dims lights and lets you turn up or down your music seems awesome to me. The Nest interface is simple, intuitive, and works wonderfully. Also, the video is fantastic. More like a movie trailer than a promotional video. It’s embedded below on the blog but if you are reading this on email, click here and watch it.
Indigo Marketing Agency
DECEMBER 4, 2021
If you’re looking for a way to increase traffic to your website, have you considered using testimonials? Good news: The new testimonial rule for financial advisors has officially gone into effect as of May 4, 2021! We’ve already begun gathering testimonials for a few of our clients and the results have been phenomenal! In this video, I break down the results from our testimonial program and show you how we helped one advisor increase his web traffic by 54% and increase traffic to his “Ge
ClearMoney
DECEMBER 5, 2021
The following is provided by Dimensional Fund Advisors. As of the end of 2020, the US debt held by the public amounted to $22 trillion, an increase of approximately $5 trillion from the year before and well over double the level from a decade ago.1 This trend may be worrisome for investors expecting an adverse impact on stock returns once the bill for all this spending comes due.
ClearMoney
DECEMBER 5, 2021
The following is provided by Dimensional Fund Advisors. As of the end of 2020, the US debt held by the public amounted to $22 trillion, an increase of approximately $5 trillion from the year before and well over double the level from a decade ago.1 This trend may be worrisome for investors expecting an adverse impact on stock returns once the bill for all this spending comes due.
ClearMoney
DECEMBER 13, 2021
The following is provided by Dimensional Fund Advisors. It’s hard to believe we’re approaching the end of the second year of this global pandemic. Despite the pain and loss endured by so many all over the world, I hope some positive changes have come from the shock we’ve all been forced to experience. As we look forward to 2022, despite continued uncertainty, I’m feeling a sense of educated optimism that’s stronger than ever before.
ClearMoney
DECEMBER 5, 2021
The following is provided by Dimensional Fund Advisors. “Everything you don’t understand about money combined with everything you don’t understand about computers.” —HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, March 11, 2018. Bitcoin and related cryptocurrencies (now numbering in the thousands) are the subject of much debate and fascination. Given bitcoin’s dramatic price changes, it is not surprising that many are speculating about its possible role in a portfolio.
ClearMoney
DECEMBER 16, 2021
The following is provided by Dimensional Fund Advisors. Many investors may think a market high is a signal stocks are overvalued or have reached a ceiling. But they may be surprised to find out that the average returns for the S&P 500 Index one, three, and five years after a new market high are similar to the average returns for the index over any one-, three-, or five-year period.
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