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Hi Trevor and Jared, we have been building financial predictions on data from marketplace lending platforms. Curious to talk to you about where you see the business models of predi…

Any other Sunset start-ups out there?

Our space is becoming available and could be a good opportunity for a start-up. About 1,200 sq. ft. and rent is $2,400 currently. On N Judah line at 32nd and Judah.

Agreed on the institutional side. However LC also invests in their own loans from time to time, both directly or through LC Advisers. In the early days LC invested their own capita…

A part of this article is false. "LendingClub doesn't loan out its own capital and collects fees of loans that are originated on its platform from both individuals and more sophist…

My friend has been working on a TV series for years which finally was picked up last season by Esquire Network featuring craft breweries across the country. Awesome to watch it go …

In 2007 I was in the midst of uncovering a pump and dump scheme while communicating with the SEC (who were incredibly non-responsive and incompetent). While trying to learn more ab…

I've worked with several hundred regional banks and credit unions. One thing people forget is that there are over 14,000 banks and credit unions across the country, not including t…

Meanwhile student loan rates double tomorrow... http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/education-debt-mini... ...and the US Government is making more on student loan interest tha…

I spend quite a bit of time analyzing lending data and personal finances. I've also observed that when comparing a group of loans, those with homes were almost as likely to default…

Here is an interesting article talking about the $2 Trillion underground economy of people using cash to avoid paying taxes as part of the economic recovery. http://www.usatoday.co…

Is anyone else bothered by the fact that if the [Insert Kickstarter project here] doesn't materialize there are few things holding the founder/creator accountable? In this case, if…

This is a fair point, but more often than not people living paycheck to paycheck aren't as familiar with dollar cost averaging and are probably just buying in $20 amounts because t…

One of the things I appreciate about Ryan and the information he shares is that he provides very detailed information and a lot of it. He leaves it to the reader to determine what …