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But something happened during my Thanksgiving break that has me so extremely pissed off at the predatory practices of a financial institution the preys on the elderly, less educated and lower-income people that can least afford it. Or again here in Consumer Affairs dating back to 2005. I hope you’re OK with that. Background.
Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Mo & I both have double majors with one being finance / econ. Currently offers 3mm books to over 5,000 higher education institutions in the US.
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Finance where needed. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. That can only come through education, training and investment in regions of the country that are not IT centers. We thought the following: No new deals close until we figure out WTF is going on with the market. We need some visibility.
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In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. Pitch perfect, you might think.
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