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Dad, husband, small business enthusiast, COO of @KapitusFinance, New Yorker, Old Vermonter.

New York, NY
Joined December 2010
"The pandemic has ignited change and accelerated innovation in many ways, and enticing the U.S. economy to embrace open banking may turn out to be one of them." Thanks to @pymnts for highlighting @kapitusfinance and the changing world of FinTech. pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments…
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If @netflix picks ups ad-free news I’ll pay more and drop @hulu
Listening to @profgalloway and @karaswisher talk about @CNN being for sale and wondering why @Netflix hasn’t considered doing news?
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Love the "Gangster" question about small businesses and @amazon from one of my favorite people on one of my favorite podcasts!
Thanks @profgalloway for nailing my question (at the 50 minute mark) about @amazon platform sellers. He also slays Twitter at the top. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Great piece by @robinsaks and @Forbes on the benefits of participating in the next round of PPP! Thanks for including @KapitusFinance in the discussion. forbes.com/advisor/loans/rea…
The second round of PPP is now live! Thanks to @kcraFitz, @teotweeter and @kcranews for helping @kapitus break-down the opportunity for small businesses. drive.google.com/file/d/13Zj…
The next round of PPP has been signed into law and @SheIsSoSheena of @FootwearNews describes the opportunity it presents for small businesses. footwearnews.com/2020/busine…
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Here's another great resource to follow the votes coming in... alex.github.io/nyt-2020-elec…
If you really want to geek out on early voting data I suggest... electproject.github.io/Early…
National banks appear to have systematically prioritized large clients over their smaller constituents and in doing so, exhausted the first round of SBA funding without helping the vast majority of American small businesses. kapitus.com/blog/why-have-so…
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Excited to be attending! #UMFiresideChats – at Romulus, MI
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