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Data is the New Frontier

Thu, 15 Feb 2018 18:12:49 +0000

In August 2011 Marc Andreessen wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed that famously explained why, “software is eating the world.” As we explained in Demystifying VC Economics, Part 5, industry after industry is being disrupted by new entrants that implement much of the incumbents’ value in the form of a software-based service that can be […]

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Happy Holidays from Wealthfront

Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:51:53 +0000

At Wealthfront, we believe our clients are our one true north. And while we work to make our service better every day, it feels only right this time of year to take a moment to just say thank you. 2014 has been a momentous year for Wealthfront, and we know our success stems directly from […]

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Introducing Wealthfront for the Workplace

Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:10:51 +0000

Financial benefits in the workplace have become a hot topic with leading professionals in human resources, and for good reason. Increasingly, companies that focus on attracting and retaining top talent have spent significant time and resources to deeply understand all aspects of their employees’ workplace experience. Simply put, financially healthy employees are more productive, engaged […]

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Perspectives on Tech IPOs: Eric Schmidt, Bill Gurley, Ben Horowitz, Frank Quattrone

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:30:36 +0000

Globalization underpins the fast growth of the current generation of Internet companies, especially those heading toward IPOs in the near future, according to four Silicon Valley leaders in video interviews released by Wealthfront today. Great Perspectives on Tech IPOs from Wealthfront. All four leaders, in different ways, address the central questions hanging over the technology […]

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Yelp Joins IPO Parade

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:31:38 +0000

This week saw two tech IPOs and news of one more in the offing, Yelp’s. If you’re one of those employees at a company that’s gone public or is preparing to go public, you may end up with options that are suddenly worth a lot of money, and facing questions about whether to exercise your […]

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Friday Reads: Global funds are not global … and other great reads

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:22:30 +0000

Here’s another good case for looking under the hood of your mutual funds and ETFs: Brett Arends’s excellent piece in Smart Money Magazine about how many global funds are heavily invested in the U.S. stock market. For instance, he wrote of Vanguard’s Total World Stock Index that 42% of the money is invested in the stock market of just one country—you guessed it, the U.S.

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