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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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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