Grant Easterbrook

Grant Easterbrook is an entrepreneur. He has been cited on the topic of fintech in the media over 150 times, ^[1] including in The Wall Street Journal, ^{[2] [3]} Reuters, ^{[4] [5] [6]} The New York Times, ^[7] Forbes, ^[8] Investment News, ^{[9] [10] [11]} Financial Times, ^[12] San Francisco Chronicle, ^[13] ThinkAdvisor ^[14] VentureBeat, ^[15] Fortune, ^[16] Financial Planning, ^{[17] [18]} MarketWatch, ^{[19] [20]} Financial Advisor, ^[21] Crain's New York Business, ^[22] Huffington Post, ^[23] MSN Money, ^[24] PBS, ^[25] Al Jazeera America, ^[26] Main Street, ^[27] U.S. News & World Report, ^[28] Wealth Management ^[29] and The Fiscal Times. ^[30]

In 2015 Easterbrook left his role as a fintech analyst to found Dream Forward, a Newark-based tech startup building an artificial intelligence for the retirement and 401(k) industry. ^[31]

Early life and education

Easterbrook is the son of author Gregg Easterbrook and the nephew of Judge Frank Easterbrook. ^[32]

Easterbrook graduated from Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland in 2007. ^[33] He graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 2011, where he was a member of the Bowdoin College football team. ^[34]

References

1. "List of news citations". August 14, 2018.
2. • Coombes, Andrea. "How to Get Investment Advice for Less Online". The Wall Street Journal. News Corp. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
3. • "As Financial-Advice Market Heats Up, Some Drop Out". The Wall Street Journal. News Corp. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
4. • Lau, Ashley (May 14, 2013). "YOUR PRACTICE-Controlling your online image". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
5. • Miller, Mark (September 19, 2013). "Will U.S. middle class lose in fight over financial advice?". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
6. • Pinsker, Beth (November 20, 2013). "YOUR MONEY-Are do-it-yourself investors too cautious with cash?". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
7. • Lieber, Ron (January 18, 2013). "Finding Advice for More Modest Retirement Investments". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
8. • Eisenberg, Richard. "4 New Online Money Management Tools Worth A Try". Forbes. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
9. • "Start ups pitch automated advice at tech confab". Investment News. September 11, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
10. "Bloomberg's new venture: Online advice". Investment News. May 5, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
11. "Pardon the disruption: Online advice a growing threat". Investment News. January 20, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
12. • "Bloomberg Wants Your Money". Financial Times. Pearson PLC. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
13. • Pender, Kathleen (August 24, 2013). "Students raise cash with novel tool". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
14. • "Advisor ex Machina: The Rise of Algorithm-Based Advice". ThinkAdvisor. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
15. • Easterbrook, Grant (August 2, 2013). "Can't afford college tuition? These startups can help". VentureBeat. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
16. • Fry, Erika (February 28, 2013). "Silicon Valley meets Wall Street". Fortune. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
17. • Paikert, Charles (August 28, 2013). "Advisor Threat? Wave of New Online Services Incoming". Financial Planning. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
18. • Paikert, Charles (November 2013). "For Advisors, New Web Threat Looms". Financial Planning. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
19. • Coombes, Andrea (February 2013). "Get retirement investing advice—for less". MarketWatch. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
20. • Openshaw, Jennifer. "How to build your own ETF". MarketWatch. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
21. • Schlegel, Jeff. "Savant Joins eAdvisory Trend". Financial Advisor. Charter Financial Publishing Network. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
22. • Osterland, Andrew (May 3, 2013). "Bloomberg LP delves into online financial advice". Crain's New York Business. Crain Communications. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
23. • Eisenberg, Richard (September 18, 2013). "4 New Online Money Management Tools Worth A Try". Huffington Post. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
24. • Miller, Mark. "Will U.S. middle class lose in fight over financial advice?". MSN Money. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
25. • Eisenberg, Richard (October 18, 2013). "Can Financial Planners Be Rated Like Yelp?". Next Avenue. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
26. • The Real Money Team. "Algorithm-based investing: looking to computers for financial advice" . Retrieved December 9, 2013.
27. • Bundrick, Hal M. "Replacing Financial Advisors with Robo-Advisors?". Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
28. • Palmer, Kimberly. "Need Money Tips? There's a Startup for That". Money. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
29. • Britton, Diana (November 15, 2013). "The Next Wave of Online Advice". Wealth Management. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
30. • Miller, Mark. "Why Middle Class Investors Get Poor Financial Advice". The Fiscal Times. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
31. "Simpler, Less Expensive 401(k) Options Emerge for Small Businesses". The New York Times. September 11, 2015.
32. • "Family/football reference".
33. "Grant Easterbrook - Bowdoin". athletics.bowdoin.edu. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013.
34. • "Family/football reference".