Success Stories

From anemic growth in bond and fixed income investments to growing volatility in the equity and currency markets, retail investors with an eye toward growing their money long term have their work cut out for them. Now that the oldest of the millennial generation is nearing 40, the bulk of...

One of the primary benefits of technology’s rapid convergence with the financial services industry over the past decade has been the democratization of capital. Through APIs, unique data sets, and the use of algorithms, fintech companies have been able to streamline the funding process and...

In 2006, Chris Powell was a pretty successful fitness trainer in Arizona. He’d been featured on a morning news show, built a stable of clients and invented a portable cooler system, complete with pre-portioned containers and a countdown timer, designed to make meal plans easier to follow....

The emergence of the cannabis industry coincided with a societal trend of empowering women. Combined with the more liberal environment that dominates the industry, it’s easy to understand why cannabis represents an industry were more women are getting involved and more women have...

Rapper Berner's most recent collaborations are with famous, marijuana-loving musicians like Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg and B-Real. The musician, who has released 10 solo albums in a decade, is as prolific in the business world as he is artistically.  Berner is often credited with...

Like many investors, Danielle Shay Gum, director of options trading at Simpler Trading, started in a different job and found her way to trading in the search for ways to make money from home and to do something different. No Experience Necessary  While it may be helpful to have a...

Amy Margolis has been practicing law for more than 15 years. She's the founder of the Oregon Cannabis Association and advises businesses and investors on capital deployment issues, multijurisdictional growth, public offerings and corporate development. Not long ago, Margolis opened The Commune...

Benzinga recently examined Merlin, a jobs platform that matches mostly blue-collar hourly talent with employers looking to hire. One of the co-founders, Güimar Vaca Sittic, a New York-based tech entrepreneur and prolific angel investor who's backed more than 100 companies, shared...

New York City has been a great home to Güimar Vaca Sittic, co-founder and co-CEO at Merlin, but he knows that isn't the case for many hourly workers getting by in the Big Apple. “Gentrification has become such a big problem in New York that many workers commute for hours every day....