SwipeGood is a Y-combinator startup that rounds up your debit or credit card purchases to the nearest dollar and allows you to donate the difference to the charity of your choice.  It’s a very simple but powerful concept and I’m excited to see where the team takes it. Let’s run a few back of the [...]

One of the most interesting early stage NYC startups on my radar right now is BNTER. The service lets easily capture and share conversations you’ve had. Here’s an example. Is there a bigger vision for the product and company? I don’t know. But here’s my vision for them: I think the company should focus primarily [...]

I propose the following hypothesis for discussion: young entrepreneurs should focus on building B2C companies since they lack the deep industry experience needed to build successful B2B companies. Allow me to explain my thinking.  Young people in their 20′s trying to start a business-to-business face an uphill battle for several reasons: 1)  Identifying Opportunities is [...]

“More expensive and less functional.” That was the recommendation I had for a friend’s startup. Why? The free version of the company’s product works too damn well. You’ve probably heard of Freemium. There’s also Previum and a dozen other variations I’m sure. The exact differences aren’t really worth getting into because all share the same truth: Something’s gotta break. [...]

When a VC friend asked which young NYC startups I find exciting, I sent him a list of pre-funded companies that I’ve been watching. Afterwards I started writing them into a blog post. Well, I should have pressed publish sooner because as the post sat unfinished for the last week, several have since been funded! [...]