Been itching lately to get up and do something? To stand up for your rights and for causes that you support? If you’re lucky enough to be an investor, you can also support companies that mirror your values.
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I spoke with LearnVest CEO and Founder Alexa Von Tobel, and the New York Times' Dealbook editor Andrew Ross Sorkin and Your Money columnist Ron Lieber, and asked, "What was your first reckoning with money?" Here, they share their earliest memories about earning and spending money, and their own savings tips for younger generations.
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As marketplace lending reaches a tipping point, the biggest companies must figure out how to differentiate themselves. Upstart has hired an Uber marketing alum to target more millennial borrowers.
Its credit approvals process considers academic records and future earning power. Also, SoFi is originating $50 million per month in online home loans, challenging the traditionally paper-intensive and slow mortgage process.
Summer travel's on all our minds. So, here are my latest favorites for finding the best airfare prices online right now--after all, there's more to travel search than Orbitz and Priceline.
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To round off National Small Business Week, we're looking at ways small business owners and entrepreneurs can get a leg up on short-term funding and beginning capital. All online, and fast.
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It hasn't always been easy for small businesses to get bank money. The problem? Their inability to satisfy traditional bank underwriting guidelines.
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So you have credit card debt. Few real solutions exist: D-I-Y debt settlement is scary, bankruptcy is extreme. But now, you may have options—and where else but online.
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