Paperless Post and Its Vision for Artful Invites
Upending the paper invite isn't the only goal for this company. Changing the way people communicate is the larger challenge for young visionaries Alexa and James Hirschfeld.
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We interview the CEO of a mobile gaming startup that helps urbanites get to know their cities better.
View ArticleThe New York Times Gets Into the Incubator Game
A startup incubator in The New York Times Co.'s Manhattan headquarters will nurture companies that are rethinking the future of media.
View ArticleEd Koch and the Art of Personal Branding
A timeline of the life of Edward Koch, former mayor of New York, who passed away today in New York.
View ArticleBig Ideas in the Big Apple
Five years since the financial meltdown, we look at New York City's blossoming startup scene.
View ArticleInnovative Event Aims to Merge the Worlds of Fashion and Technology
Decoded Fashion's hackathon builds technology to change the way designers create clothes and consumers purchase them.
View ArticleA Glimpse Inside NYC's Startup Scene
In the years since the financial crisis, New York has become a startup magnet. Here's a look at a diverse mix of Gotham entrepreneurs.
View ArticleNY Tech Meetup's Jessica Lawrence on the Hottest Ticket in Town
The executive director of NY Tech Meetup talks about what the audience can expect at the city's influential monthly tech event.
View ArticleTwitter Co-founder Says He'd Run for NYC Mayor Someday
Jack Dorsey wants to run the Gotham City. Whether or not you want to take on politics in your own career, here are three lessons any entrepreneur can learn from the Twitter co-founder, who has been...
View ArticleEd-Tech Startups Aim to Reinvent Classroom
Investment in education technology has tripled in the past decade. We take a look at three startups seeking to solve big problems in today's schools.
View ArticleThe Great Reinvention: How U.S. Cities Got Their Glow Back
We recap our special report on the entrepreneurial scene in the U.S, from New York and Houston to Boise and Baton Rouge, five years since the financial crisis.
View ArticleSix Months After Hurricane Sandy, Many Businesses Are Still Struggling to...
A look at how New York City businesses are getting back on their feet after the devastating impact of Hurricane Sandy.
View ArticleThe Big Apple to Tech-Savvy New Graduates: 'We're Hiring'
A recent report has New York City and Boston seeing major growth in hiring for tech-media companies.
View ArticleWhere New York Mayor Candidates Stand on Business and Entrepreneurship
From former Congressman Anthony Weiner to Gristedes owner John Catsimatidis and the first openly gay New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the slate of candidates in the Big Apple primary is...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Mayor Bloomberg's Tenure
In their own words, NYC-based entrepreneurs and business owners say what 12 years under the billionaire mayor was like for their companies and what their prognosis is for the city after Bloomberg...
View ArticleNew York Times to Invest in Startups Through Its Own Incubator
The New York Times Co. plans to invest in early-stage media startups through its incubator, timeSpace, which recently graduated its inaugural class. Here's a look at what each of its three startups are...
View ArticleHow 'Nightmare' Producer Tim Haskell Turned NYC's First Haunted House Into a...
Tim Haskell has transformed the first haunted house in New York City into a mix of theatre, audience participation and scares that won't stop evolving.
View ArticleStep Aside, San Francisco: New York-Based Companies Expected to Steal the IPO...
As investor appetite improves and the Big Apple's tech scene continues to mature, analysts expect New York City to become a hub of tech IPO activity in coming years.
View ArticleA Year After Sandy, Business Owners Living a New Normal
Hurricane Sandy brought devastation to businesses in New York and New Jersey, in the process teaching business owners some valuable lessons. It even sparked a new startup.
View ArticleWill Businesses Be Protected If Superstorms Like Sandy Strike Again?
Hard-hit cities have rolled out all sorts of business-recovery programs. We spoke with some of their mayors and small-business officials to get a peek at the details.
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