Jason Fried is the co-founder of 37signals, a company which specializes in developing productivity tools. In 2010, Mr. Fried gave a TEDx Talk in which he reviewed the key points from his New York Times bestselling book, Rework.…
Psychiatrist Robert Waldinger is the director of the longest study on happiness in history. It was conducted by Harvard, and lasted over 75-years. In a recent TED Talk, Mr. Waldinger reviewed the key findings from this historic study. What…
By any measure, Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the most successful people of all-time. From being named Mr. Universe, to becoming one of the most recognizable movie stars in the world, Arnold is a master of achieving what he sets…
Recently, Northeastern University physics professor and Harvard Medical School appointee, Albert-Lazlo Barabasi developed what he claims to be an equation for success: S=Qr. The Equation for Success: S=Qr According to the professor Barabasi, S (success) equals r (the potential value…
Squarespace is the New York City-based startup that allows clients to easily build their own beautiful websites. Founded in 2003, Squarespace has now grown into one of the hottest startups in NYC. Squarespace Started in a College Dorm Room…
On Tuesday Night at City Point the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership presented their first Female Founder Pitch Contest as a part of the Make It In Brooklyn partnership, the most recent in a series geared towards connecting Brooklyn's entrepreneurs, startups,…
The nightmarish images from Houston of collapsed homes and streets that have turned into rivers are eerily reminiscent of Hurricane Katrina from 2005. During Katrina, phone calls to 911 and other emergency numbers was the primary way that victims found…
On August 15th, more than 100 people – either in, or interested in the cannabis industry – assembled at a coworking space in SOHO to talk shop. And learn about the status of the industry now. The monthly evening event…
July 2017 NYC Funding - Startup Recap NYC startups raised about $1.3 billion in July. More than half of this came from a $760 million investment in the coworking behemoth, WeWork. And a significant amount of new investment went to…
SoftBank, the Japanese multinational telecommunications and Internet company, has been making big waves lately. Last week, it acquired an approximately $2.5 billion stake in Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce company, founded in 2007. This has notable ramifications for a number…