Comfortable with Uncertainty

Comfortable with Uncertainty Posted on: Friday, February 26th, 2010 When do you know? I mean, really know? Slumped into my couch, pale from a lack of sleep, nose red from the cold he can’t shake, the CEO shook off my suggestion about this being the time to hire an...

Is NY Angels a Pay-to-Play Scheme?

UPDATE: David S. Rose, Chairman of the NY Angels, responded in the comments below and I broke it out into its own post. In the comments of my previous post, Nate Westheimer, the NY Tech organizer and former EIR at Rose Tech Ventures, wrote this as part of a long,...

NYC vs Silicon Valley

There's been a lot written lately about the NYC startup scene. It's exploding. It's hot. Etc. And all that is true. But as a first-time founder trying to raise capital and achieve product-market fit, the question for me is not "Is NYC...

Picking a Startup Lawyer in NYC

After spending a considerable amount of time scouring the scene for startup-oriented law firms in New York City, I think I’ve picked up some solid intel for fellow founders. There’s A LOT of lawyers/firms out there marketing themselves as “startup...