Is it just us, or has caring a four-legged friend gotten more expensive? The data points to YES: The American Pet Products Association (APPA) says that Americans spent a record-breaking $19 billion in 2019, with an annual increase of roughly
The third quarter of 2019 was a mixed quarter for direct-to-consumer brands (D2C companies) raising venture capital. While the overall amount of funding was solid, the number of companies raising was down. Overall $2.2 billion dollars in funding flowed
If you’re like me, you’re seeing ads for all these new life insurance companies all over the place. Ethos Life Insurance, Haven, Ladder, Bestow, Fabric — where did they all come from, and are any of them good enough to
Marketing resources are scarce because businesses always need more of them. Publishing more content. Generating more insights from data. Testing more ads. Reaching out to more influencers. Speaking at more conferences…marketing truly never ends. Which is why, as a marketer, I’ve
ForUsAll is a new 401(k) advisor founded by executives from Financial Engines, a major player in the Fortune 500 401(k) space. (Full-disclosure: I used to work there!) ForUsAll is using technology and design to attack the problem of expensive, difficult
Human Interest is a new startup trying to make small business and startup 401(k) plans easier to administer and easier to use. The company was founded as Captain401 in 2015, and has raised over $14 million in venture capital. Human
Employee Fiduciary is a low-cost 401(k) provider. Employee Fiduciary offers affordable 401(k) recordkeeping and third party administration, and has a variety of investment options for plan sponsors to choose from. The company was founded in 2004, and has carved out
Disclosure: We include affiliate links in our posts that allow advertisers to compensate us for the traffic we refer. Today we are reviewing Guideline, a relatively new player in the small business 401(k) market that’s attacking the problem of expensive,
Betterment is a robo-advisor who also offers corporate 401(k) plans under the brand Betterment for Business. The company was founded in 2008 and has raised well over $200 million in venture capital. Betterment’s technology creates individualized portfolios based on the
