December 2015

An Interview with Friendsy Co-Founder Mike Pinsky

First year college students want to make friends, and business partners Mike Pinsky and Vaidhy Murti did just that. But here’s what makes the two unique – they’re helping other people make friends as well.

Friendsy is both a website ... Continue reading...

Markets

Lessons Learned From the Rise of ETFs

For a large part of the 1980’s, 1990’s and the early 2000’s, hedge funds were equated with enormous financial success. Serving as investment vehicles primarily marketed towards the wealthy, hedge funds use a plethora of aggressive investing strategies in an... Continue reading...

International

Graduate School: Smart Solutions

Today’s employment market increasingly demands that young professionals acquire graduate degrees to be competitive job applicants. But the costs of graduate degrees are rising, and with the average amount of student loan debt after undergraduate studies reaching an astonishing $30,000... Continue reading...

Consumer

The Hidden Cost of Fast Fashion

While the world’s eager eyes are incessantly tuned to every twist and turn of the tech realm, one industry has stealthily and swiftly taken a giant position amongst consumers, shaping their choices before consumers are fully aware of the advancing... Continue reading...

Technology

Uber: Work For Me At A Distance

In the mid 1900’s, an individual was solely employed by a company and classified as an employee with a corresponding salary and appropriate benefits. People worked for a single company their entire life and retire with a pension plan and... Continue reading...

Government

The Pharmaceutical Price Gouging Dilemma

Drugs play a critical role in our daily lives – they can be used to reduce pain, regulate bodily processes, and even mitigate metastasizing of cancer. Since pharmaceutical drugs are essential to the health of American citizens, the public reacts... Continue reading...

DARTMOUTH BUSINESS JOURNAL

An Interview with Friendsy Co-Founder Mike Pinsky

Lessons Learned From the Rise of ETFs

Graduate School: Smart Solutions

The Hidden Cost of Fast Fashion

Uber: Work For Me At A Distance

The Pharmaceutical Price Gouging Dilemma

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