The investment memo is essential, a time-stamped artifact that summarizes all of the contributing factors that gave us the conviction to invest...
Read MoreIt's hard to imagine that the voice ecosystem will look anything like the mobile-app layer, or for that matter the early world of early e-commerce marketplaces. Voice as an interface and an experience makes invisible design a reality...
Read MoreMaybe there isn’t a single entity anywhere that should be expected to perpetually protect the endless mass of sensitive data we produce in leaving our identities all over the place online...
Read MoreA rundown of the first five Gotham Alpha episodes streaming via Soundcloud...
Read MoreWhen my emotional response to a first meeting is excitement, I consider that an important indication of where I’ve ranked a startup concept. The conflict, I’ve found, is in navigating how closely to check or how adamantly to follow that enthusiasm as time passes from that first meeting...
Read MoreIn order to provide more transparent access and information, today we’re excited to launch the Hitchhiker’s Guide to New York City Tech. The Guide is a living resource intended to equip anyone interested in the New York City startup ecosystem with an information arsenal to help plot his or her own journey...
Read Moreots are the buzzing tech trend of 2016 so far. The big five — Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft — have all unveiled or featured bots in their annual product conferences. Bot has quickly become as common as the word app has been in startup chatter about what people are building...
Read MoreMy friend Jason’s enthusiasm gets me no matter what he’s describing and last night it got me hooked on Pokemon Go. Three quick observations from a relatively late adopter...
Read MoreThe reason we take passing seriously is because we know something that entrepreneurs know all too well: fundraising sucks...
Read MoreI’ve mapped out my product stack according to how regularly I use a given product and/or have set time to check/review/reorganize/clear-out the content a particular product holds for me...
Read MoreWith conviction in this city, its entrepreneurs, and their ideas, I put some of my analysis and opinion about the state of NYC seed out there to our world...
Read MoreWhen a new track, a first novel, a debut film, or an online marketplace are about to be set loose to the world, the only believers are those that made it...
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I wrote a post about a startup’s responsibility to explain equity to new employees. I wanted to go a little bit deeper on equity exercising and tax implications when leaving a startup...
Read MoreFor whatever reason, the Summer-Fall changeover feels more like a New Year than New Years this year. Maybe that’s just aging or the nature of my current work...
Read MoreNew York City is a tremendous place to be an entrepreneur...
Read MoreOf late, I’ve encountered numerous potential startup candidates and newly hired employees who have no idea what their equity means. I’ve noticed this for years – and experienced it myself – but I’m disturbed at the frequency now and so am compelled to write about it...
Read MoreOn Monday, Spotify publicly announced the launch of Discover Weekly, taking out of private beta their signature effort in personalized playlists. After a few days of listening to my playlist, I have to say it’s outstanding...
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