Inside the minds of growth investors

Inside the minds of growth investors

Beyond SoftBank and its woes, many tech-focused growth investors have seen the value of their portfolios shrink significantly over the past year, raising questions about the soundness of their investment strategies. T Rowe Price’s Global Technology Equity Fund has fallen 45% over the past year; as has Tiger Management by 50%, and Ark Innovation by 55%.

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Making payments solutions a marketplace with PayQuicker

Making payments solutions a marketplace with PayQuicker

In an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, PayQuicker President Charles Rosenblatt explains the company’s newest offering, details the conditions that gave birth to PayQuicker, and outlines the future of payments and payouts.

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Making sense of Starbucks NFTs

Making sense of Starbucks NFTs

Starbucks announced that it will launch Starbucks Odyssey, an NFT-based rewards program and marketplace. Rewards members can buy and sell NFTs to each other and gain access to exclusive rewards, like virtual classes and trips to coffee plantations.

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Why is Zuck rebranding himself for the metaverse?

Why is Zuck rebranding himself for the metaverse?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, a prominent podcast, to promote the metaverse. The podcast has a mostly male audience, and averages 11 million listeners per episode.

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Proptech’s past, present, and future with Blueprint

Proptech’s past, present, and future with Blueprint

Vik Venkatraman, General Manager for Blueprint, a real estate industry tech event taking place September 12 – 14 in Las Vegas, outlines the past, present, and future of proptech, suggesting the space impacts all of us.

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Revamping commercial lending with Able

Revamping commercial lending with Able

In an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Able’s Co-Founder and Head, Diego Represas, explains how Able hopes to solve major problems in the commercial lending space, outlines the founding team’s path to the product they’ve built, and shares his vision for an impactful and expedited commercial lending market.

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Is Klarna really focused on profitability?

Is Klarna really focused on profitability?

BNPL giant Klarna announced that its losses have tripled in the first six months of 2022, reporting losses of $581M. Its revenue rose by 24% over the same period.

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Meta bets big on in-app purchases

Meta bets big on in-app purchases

WhatsApp, the messaging platform owned by Meta, announced a shopping feature for India-based consumers to purchase groceries and other items within WhatsApp. The feature is launched in partnership with JioMart, an Indian e-commerce company.

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Growing insurance connections with bolt

Growing insurance connections with bolt

In an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, bolt CEO Jim Dwane details bolt’s growth strategy, highlights bolt’s value proposition, and shares his view on bolt’s future.

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Will Tiger Global pivot to potatoes?

Will Tiger Global pivot to potatoes?

Tiger Global’s most recent 13F filing reveals that it has sold its shares in Robinhood, Zoom, and DocuSign, and has taken a $12.8M position in Lamb Weston, which makes frozen potato products. The hedge fund has lost $17B and erased almost two-thirds of its lifetime gains this year.

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Revolutionizing the floor plan with CubiCasa

Revolutionizing the floor plan with CubiCasa

In an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, CubiCasa President Jeff Allen outlines CubiCasa’s growth strategy, announces the company’s latest pricing features, and shares his vision for the future of floor plans.

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Overhauling mortgage-backed securities with Infima

Overhauling mortgage-backed securities with Infima

In an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Infima CEO Hendrik Bartel outlines his path to Infima, shares details of the company’s Seed round, peeks at the startup’s roadmap, and encourages a modest approach to startup leadership.

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SoftBank is hemorrhaging money. Again.

SoftBank is hemorrhaging money. Again.

SoftBank is expected to announce additional losses of billions of dollars from its two funds. The Japan-based investment conglomerate lost $27B in the previous fiscal year.

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How Big Tech layoffs may help small businesses

How Big Tech layoffs may help small businesses

Over 30,000 tech workers have lost their jobs in the latest round of tech layoffs. Across industries, unemployment claims have reached an eight-month high.

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Tech giants may trigger economic fears across sectors

Tech giants may trigger economic fears across sectors

Google announced that it paused hiring for two weeks, stating the need “to enable teams to prioritize their roles.” Other major tech companies have also announced layoffs; Netflix, for example, has fired more than 450 employees since May.

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