This is a great NYC quote from the excellent NYMag Profit Calculator Article.. “Like all older, colder cities, New York City suffered greatly in the seventies when declining transport costs made it possible for manufacturing to relocate to cheaper places. New York’s resurgence since then has been based on innovations in financial service…The flow of [...]

So I attended the DFJ Gotham East Coast Venture Competition today. Unfortunately Penn’s two teams got knocked out in the first round this morning, so I didn’t get to see them. The highlight was of course the end of the day, when not only did they hand out two prize checks, but Time Draper, of [...]

Last night I stopped by the hip Gallery bar in the LES for the Supernova mixer. Everyone was excited to find that it was open-bar, which helped facilitate pretty good mingling. There was a high number of left coast peeps, the ones I talked to were Oren Michaels of Mashery and of course Kevin Werbach [...]

 So I stopped by and visited Charlie O’Donnel, local font of knowledge in the tech community, and unofficial head of NextNY. He was volunteering as he does many weekends at the Downtown Boathouse at Pier 40 on the Hudson- they offer free public walkup kayaking. We talked shop a little but it was mostly just [...]

You've searched and searched for that magic management style that will maximize the productivity of your employees. Now, new research shows that the secret is to move rooms depending on the type of work you do. Why? Because the ceiling… Here in New York I'd say there is a clear delineation between the creative types [...]