New Work City (NWC) is one of the most important hubs of the NYC technology scene. Why?  New Work City houses ~50 amazing tech freelancers and entrepreneurs running a dozen or so fledgling startups such as Perpetually, Loosecubes, Urban Pregame, Homingcloud and TouchGraph.  Creating a home for independent workers and early stage entrepreneurs creates the [...]

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 [...]

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! [...]

(This is the second in a two part post.  You should probably start at part one which contains a framework for thought.  Part two contains recommendations and my philosophy for first-time entrepreneurship). The most basic principle of business is that profit is revenue minus costs.  Try considering all fixed costs as a rate — especially [...]

This post about competitive dynamics has been stewing in my mind for months now and it’s still a work in progress.  At its heart is a framework for thinking about a common type of tech company:  the aggregator.   The aggregator takes disparate items, gathers them, and presents them as a unified front. Aggregators can exist [...]