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Fintech startup Vise brings on Andrew Fong (formerly Dropbox) as CTO

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Vise , a fintech firm that focuses on helping financial advisors rather than automating them out of existence, has today announced that it is bringing on Andrew Fong as its chief technology officer. Fong hails from Dropbox, where he served as VP of Infrastructure Engineering. You can check out the video of their demo here.

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Senior care startup Honor secures $370M in debt and equity, reaches unicorn status

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a startup focused on in-home care for older adults, after selling chat service Meebo to Google for about $100 million in 2012. Perceptive Advisors led the debt financing with a “significant” commitment from Ares Management funds. It also assists with caregiver recruiting, training, scheduling and performance analysis. .

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Mistaking performance for competence

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We had a good chat earlier this week, which you can read here: Image Credits: Rethink Robotics TC: What does your day-to-day look like as a CTO? Years ago, Melonee Wise told me Fetch was still building Willow Garage–style research robots because they’re a great recruitment tool, but you can’t really sustain a business on them.