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Startups Are Getting Sick Of NYC's Dirty, Overcrowded Coworking Spaces
Last year, I wrote an article in Business Insider about how the NYU Poly Incubator was one of the best coworking options in the city.Since that time, several startups in NYU Poly have had sizeable...
View ArticleThe Importance of Benevolent Dictators
I believe that groups coming together to make tough decisions driven by consensus tend to make poor decisions.This is especially true in startups where speed matters and where there is a need to...
View ArticleGetting To Simpson Bowles
The President's Commission on Fiscal Reform, known as Simpson Bowles because it was led by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, recommended that we find $6 trillion in spending cuts and new revenues to get...
View ArticleConsequences. And The Decisions We Make. Or Don’t.
Every decision has consequences. We often don’t fully perceive the consequences because they are often hidden by the compromises that make us feel better.Every step forward requires a decision. Or the...
View ArticleHow The NCAA Made March Madness Advertising Worth $11 Billion
Although it is a non-profit organization, the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) continues to do a brilliant job of marketing its March Madness men’s college basketball tournament, which...
View ArticleThis Is The Future Of TV
Rich Greenfield, the BTIG analyst who’s something of a digital media oracle, isn’t exaggerating when he says, “The future of television has begun” (registration required). Click play on the video above...
View ArticleGetting AVC Via Email
Did you know that you can get AVC delivered by email every day?I've had this feature for as long as I can remember. At least seven or eight years.But it seems like it is hidden because not that many...
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Sometimes, Facebook Destroys Startups Built For Its Platform
SAN FRANCISCO, March 11 (Reuters) - Last spring, the future for Viddy, a video-sharing Facebook app, seemed as sunny as southern California's skies.Based a block away from Venice Beach, the 30-person...
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The PC Business Isn't Growing Anywhere, And It's Really Scary For Microsoft
You may have thought that the fine that the European Commission handed out to Microsoft for screwing up the coding on the browser choice screen was hefty – €561m (£459m, or $740m) for a single bad line...
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Meet The New CEO Of Alibaba, China's $55 Billion Internet Giant
Alibaba Group has chosen Jonathan Lu, its Chief Data Officer who has more than a decade of experience in executive roles, to lead China's largest e-commerce company as it prepares to launch an initial...
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Esther Dyson Is Working On A Plan To Make Spam Very, Very Expensive For...
Esther Dyson is well-known in Silicon Valley for her ambitious and otherworldly investments. Her projects include the genetics testing service 23andme, along with a cluster of health and commercial...
View ArticleThe iPhone’s Biggest Flaw
The iPhone has a flaw, and it’s not a minor one. In fact, it affects every single one of the over 100 million sold so far, and there is no real solution yet in sight.The iPhone’s battery sucks.Click...
View ArticleHow Grindr Is Changing the Way We Connect
It is easy to write off Grindr — a location-based dating application for gay men — as a hookup application because, well, that is what it is.But the company, which is approaching its fourth...
View Article5 Socially Unacceptable Things You're Going To Do With Google Glass
The nerds are so excited. Our Internet-augmented, face-computer-wearing future is just over the horizon. Leading us there will be Google Glass, the first iteration of this particular sort of wearable,...
View ArticleMore TEALS Information Sessions
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the TEALS program in which software engineers help teach CS classes in NYC high schools on their way to work. The response to that post was incredible. We got 140...
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Yahoo Employees Worry That Marissa Mayer's Hiring Standards Are Too High
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer was asked at an all-staff meeting several weeks ago whether her rigorous hiring practices had caused the company to miss out on top...
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Pinterest Takes Huge Step Toward Finally Making Money With New Analytics Tool
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online scrapbook Pinterest is rolling out new tools that will show businesses the number of visitors it delivers to their websites, part of the fast-growing start-up's efforts...
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Your Public Facebook 'Likes' Reveal Very Private Details About You
The news that researchers can track down intimate details of your life – your race, politics, sexual orientation or recreational drug habits – simply from which bands, brands and shows you like on...
View ArticleThe Implications Of The Interface That Watches You
This coming week, we’re likely to get a peek at Samsung’s next generation Galaxy flagship smartphone, and by most accounts, it’ll have an auto-scrolling feature that can use head movement cues to...
View ArticleOn Facebook, App Makers Face A Treacherous Path
Last spring, the future for Viddy, a video-sharing Facebook app, seemed as sunny as Southern California's skies.Based a block away from Venice Beach, the 30-person startup impressed prospective...
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