Drexel used financial technology to create value, build businesses and jobs and consumer services by enabling entrepreneurs to raise money far more efficiently than they could have done without us.

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We love what Liazon is doing for two reasons: first, as a digital marketplace, it uses technology to create value for consumers, similar to what we believe equity crowdfunding portals will do for entrepreneurs and investors.

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In our view, CEO Elon Musk may be similar to Steve Jobs in being a technology visionary also able to manage and create shareholder value.

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The Lucasfilm acquisition follows Disney's very successful acquisitions of Pixar and Marvel, which demonstrated the company's unique ability to fully develop and expand the financial potential of high quality creative content with compelling characters and storytelling through the application of innovative technology and multiplatform distribution on a truly global basis to create maximum value.

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Economics 101 tells us that this is exactly the type of industry in which the banks could gain economies of scale and create tremendous value by consolidation around open industry standards and a common technology platform.

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