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

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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

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  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. "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".