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Will Big Tech Enable or Destroy Small Business? Feat. Sahil Bloom
More than 50% of COVID-19 related business closures in the U.S. are now permanent. Can tech platforms provide a new avenue for small biz entrepreneurship?
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 9:35 a.m. Published Jul 23, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
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More than 50% of COVID-19 related business closures in the U.S. are now permanent. Can tech platforms provide a new avenue for small biz entrepreneurship?
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Today on the Brief:
- Disappointing jobless claim numbers with first increase in 4 months
- U.S. banks now allows to custody crypto
- Senate hears arguments for a digital dollar in the context of U.S.-China economic competition
Our main conversation with Sahil Bloom
Sahil Bloom is an investor with Altamont Capital Partners and a prolific author of financial literacy Twitter threads.
In this conversation, he and NLW discuss:
- Today’s jobless claims
- Long-term economic impacts from COVID in the travel industry
- “Forced efficiency realization”
- How remote work opens white collar professionals to global competition
- Whether tech platforms are a destructive or enabling force for small business
- Why financial education is essential and sorely lacking
- Why the Robinhood rally crowd represents a positive opportunity for bringing new voices into the markets
See also: What If the Too-Strong Dollar Is a Solved Problem? Feat. Jon Turek
Find our guest on Twitter: @sahilbloom
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