In my view, Unqork’s funding milestone is the first landfall of the next great disruption storm. A critical mass of financial executives, like Unqork's Gary Hoberman, have left their former employers and are now launching disruptive startups. Because of this Entrepreneur Exodus banking, insurance, and management consulting will be permanently transformed . Here’s why.

The Coronavirus has put a hold on many of my upcoming speaking engagements. I rediscovered this piece that I wrote in 2012 during another crisis, Hurricane Sandy. It’s about my first ever startup, Innovest, and my boss, Marc Brammer. Ten years after Innovest, Marc married my sister-in-law and is now my brother-in-law. They say a startup is like a family…

Most entrepreneurs fail and most employees are disengaged. The gulf between our social media personas and our real-lives has never been wider. Emoji culture is doing huge damage to our actual emotions. So, this article is a countermeasure. My startup just failed. It’s hard for me right now. And I’m being totally transparent about it.