A friend recently pitched me on an airbnb-for-meals concept  As I listened to him list reason after reason why the business would work (“You save money by sharing food…You get to eat home cooked meals more often…You make new friends”), I couldn’t help but feel he was missing the point.  Finally I had to interrupt: [...]

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 [...]

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! [...]