An e-portfolio would also allow a user to build their CV online over many years.

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In 2011 it co-founded e-Shang, a warehousing developer and operator based in Shanghai. e-Shang has grown from a portfolio of warehouses of 50, 000 square meters in 2011 to its current 1 million square meters of completed and developing projects, buoyed by the rapid growth of e-commerce in the country.

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One key program that helps fulfill this need is ARPA-E, which funds a portfolio of innovative technology companies and helps connect them with private investors.

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As part of the free service, you are sent an e-mail each weekend updating you on how your portfolio performed that week.

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The ramifications of these types of discussions are clear for USV portfolio companies like Hailo, an e-hail transportation company based in London and New York.

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Another beauty of this system: Once you input your portfolio Cusips and are set up for e-mail alerts, you are able to monitor which of your issuers are good financial citizens and file on time.

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Wendy Trevisani, associate portfolio manager with Thornburg Investment Management, says E-Trade will succeed with its diversification from pure trading into banking and lending products.

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