Grant Easterbrook
{{short description|American financial analyst}}
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Grant Easterbrook is an entrepreneur. He has been cited on the topic of fintech in the media over 150 times,{{cite web | url=https://granteasterbrook.wordpress.com/in-the-news/ | title= List of news citations | date=August 14, 2018 }} including in
The Wall Street Journal,*{{cite news|last=Coombes|first=Andrea|title=How to Get Investment Advice for Less Online|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323477604578654101591319918|work=The Wall Street Journal|publisher=News Corp|access-date=2 October 2013}}*{{cite news|title=As Financial-Advice Market Heats Up, Some Drop Out|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304213904579093040306058258|work=The Wall Street Journal|publisher=News Corp|access-date=2 October 2013}}
Reuters,*{{cite news|last=Lau|first=Ashley|title=YOUR PRACTICE-Controlling your online image|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/advisers-online-idUSL2N0DR2WS20130514|work=Reuters|publisher=Thomson Reuters|access-date=2 October 2013|date=14 May 2013}}*{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Mark|title=Will U.S. middle class lose in fight over financial advice?|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-miller-fiduciary-idUSBRE98I07V20130919|work=Reuters|publisher=Thomson Reuters|access-date=2 October 2013|date=19 September 2013}}
The New York Times,*{{cite news|last=Lieber|first=Ron|title=Finding Advice for More Modest Retirement Investments|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/19/your-money/finding-investment-advice-for-more-modest-retirement-accounts.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|work=The New York Times|access-date=2 October 2013|date=18 January 2013}}
Forbes,*{{cite news|last=Eisenberg|first=Richard|title=4 New Online Money Management Tools Worth A Try|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2013/09/13/4-new-online-money-management-tools-worth-a-try/|work=Forbes|access-date=2 October 2013}} Investment News,*{{cite web|title=Start ups pitch automated advice at tech confab|url=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20130911/FREE/130919968#|work=Investment News|date=September 11, 2013 |access-date=2 October 2013}}{{cite web|title=Bloomberg's new venture: Online advice|url=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20130505/REG/130509950#|work=Investment News|date=May 5, 2013 |access-date=2 October 2013}}{{cite web|title=Pardon the disruption: Online advice a growing threat|url=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20130120/REG/301209984#|work=Investment News|date=January 20, 2013 |access-date=2 October 2013}}
Financial Times,*{{cite web|title=Bloomberg Wants Your Money|url=http://www.financialadvisoriq.com/c/515341/57511/bloomberg_wants_give_your_money?referrer_module=sideBarHeadlines&module_order=2|work=Financial Times|publisher=Pearson PLC|access-date=2 October 2013}}
San Francisco Chronicle,*{{cite news|last=Pender|first=Kathleen|title=Students raise cash with novel tool
|url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/networth/article/Students-raise-cash-with-novel-tool-4758730.php|work=San Francisco Chronicle|publisher=Hearst|access-date=2 October 2013|date=24 August 2013}} ThinkAdvisor*{{cite web|title=Advisor ex Machina: The Rise of Algorithm-Based Advice|url=http://www.thinkadvisor.com/2013/09/12/advisor-ex-machina-the-rise-of-algorithm-based-adv|work=ThinkAdvisor|access-date=2 October 2013}}
VentureBeat,*{{cite web|last=Easterbrook|first=Grant|title=Can't afford college tuition? These startups can help|url=https://venturebeat.com/2013/08/02/cant-afford-college-tuition-these-startups-can-help/|work=VentureBeat|date=August 2, 2013 |access-date=2 October 2013}}
Fortune,*{{cite news|last=Fry|first=Erika|title=Silicon Valley meets Wall Street|url=https://money.cnn.com/2013/02/28/investing/retail-investors-websites.pr.fortune/index.html|work=Fortune|access-date=2 October 2013|date=28 February 2013}}
Financial Planning,*{{cite web|last=Paikert|first=Charles|title=Advisor Threat? Wave of New Online Services Incoming
|url=http://www.financial-planning.com/news/advisor-threat-wave-of-new-online-services-incoming-2686404-1.html?zkPrintable=1&nopagination=1|work=Financial Planning|date=August 28, 2013 |access-date=2 October 2013}}
*{{cite web|last=Paikert|first=Charles|title=For Advisors, New Web Threat Looms
|url=http://www.financial-planning.com/fp_issues/2013_11/for-advisors-new-web-threat-looms-2687043-1.html|work=Financial Planning|date=November 2013 |access-date=9 December 2013}}
MarketWatch,*{{cite web|last=Coombes|first=Andrea|title=Get retirement investing advice—for less
|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/get-retirement-investing-advicefor-less-2013-02-01|work=MarketWatch|date=February 2013 |access-date=2 October 2013}}*{{cite web|last=Openshaw|first=Jennifer|title=How to build your own ETF|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cook-up-your-own-etf-2013-10-02?link=MW_latest_news|work=MarketWatch|access-date=2 October 2013}}
Financial Advisor,*{{cite web|last=Schlegel|first=Jeff|title=Savant Joins eAdvisory Trend|url=http://www.fa-mag.com/news/savant-joins-eadvisory-trend-14443.html|work=Financial Advisor|publisher=Charter Financial Publishing Network|access-date=2 October 2013}}
Crain's New York Business,*{{cite web|last=Osterland|first=Andrew|title=Bloomberg LP delves into online financial advice
|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130506/FINANCE/130509937|work=Crain's New York Business|date=May 3, 2013 |publisher=Crain Communications|access-date=2 October 2013}}
Huffington Post,*{{cite news|last=Eisenberg|first=Richard|title=4 New Online Money Management Tools Worth A Try
|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/18/online-money-management-tools_n_3935987.html|work=Huffington Post|access-date=2 October 2013|date=18 September 2013}}
MSN Money,*{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Mark|title=Will U.S. middle class lose in fight over financial advice?|url=http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=OBR&date=20130919&id=16915250|work=MSN Money|access-date=2 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005004625/http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=OBR&date=20130919&id=16915250|archive-date=October 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}
PBS,*{{cite web|last=Eisenberg|first=Richard|title=Can Financial Planners Be Rated Like Yelp?|url=http://www.nextavenue.org/blog/can-financial-planners-be-rated-yelp|work=Next Avenue|date=October 18, 2013 |access-date=9 December 2013}}
Al Jazeera America,*{{cite web|last=The Real Money Team|title=Algorithm-based investing: looking to computers for financial advice|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/real-money-with-alivelshi/Real-Money-Blog/2013/10/17/algorithm-based-investinglookingtocomputersforfinancialadvice.html|access-date=9 December 2013}}
U.S. News & World Report,*{{cite web|last=Palmer|first=Kimberly|title=Need Money Tips? There's a Startup for That|url=http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/alpha-consumer/2013/11/14/need-money-tips-theres-a-start-up-for-that|work=Money|access-date=9 December 2013}}
and The Fiscal Times.*{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Mark|title=Why Middle Class Investors Get Poor Financial Advice|url=http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2013/09/19/Why-Middle-Class-Investors-Get-Poor-Financial-Advice|work=The Fiscal Times|access-date=2 October 2013}}
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.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/12/your-money/401-k-options-for-small-businesses.html?_r=0 | title=Simpler, Less Expensive 401(k) Options Emerge for Small Businesses | work=The New York Times | date=September 11, 2015 }}
Early life and education
Easterbrook is the son of author Gregg Easterbrook and the nephew of Judge Frank Easterbrook.*{{cite web|url=http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/007953.shtml|title=Family/football reference}}
Easterbrook graduated from Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://athletics.bowdoin.edu/sports/fball/2009-10/bios/easterbrook |title=Grant Easterbrook - Bowdoin |website=athletics.bowdoin.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002641/http://athletics.bowdoin.edu/sports/fball/2009-10/bios/easterbrook |archive-date=2013-10-05}} He graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 2011, where he was a member of the Bowdoin College football team.*{{cite web|url=http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/007953.shtml|title=Family/football reference}}