Author: dumbcapital

Question: We are about to buy our first home. The loan officer was referred to us by our buyer’s agent. They are pushing us to buy at our maximum purchase amount. I find this unwise. To make me feel comfortable, they say, “Don’t worry. Your income will grow over the years.” That’s not a good…

Should you stay or should you go? Debating whether to tow the company line for others or go out on your own can be a tough decision, but it doesn’t have to be. Asking yourself these four key questions can seriously help you.

Big data is big business. An estimated 2,000-4,000 data brokers around the world have created an estimated $200 billion industry from the data they collect, largely without consumers’ knowledge. Acxiom, one of the leading global brokers, says it has collected data from 2.5 billion consumers, which equates to roughly half of the world’s 5 billion…

Jonathan Berent’s fascination with EEG earbuds took him from a sales director job at Google, to “firestarter” at the storied moonshot factory, to spinning out his own startup. The journey has been full of surprises.