Eyal Bino has been working for years to bring Israeli entrepreneurs into the New York City tech ecosystem, and his latest venture, ICONYC Labs is the culmination of that work.Together with his partner Arie Abecassis, a partner and mentor at Dreamit Ventures, Bino has established an acceleratorfor young entrepreneurs coming from Israel to build… Continue reading ICONYC Labs Builds A Bridge Between Israeli Tech And NYC’s Startup Scene
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Surviving Your First Year As A Small Business Owner
If you are launching a business, you have probably heard the horror stories of business failure after business failure. Listen to some of the naysayers and you’ll start believing that 90% of new businesses are destined to fail. However, the reality is much brighter: according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, 75% of new… Continue reading Surviving Your First Year As A Small Business Owner
Announcing….our new site!
Welcome to the NEW New York International!As you can see, there have been some changes around here on the NYIntl site. We’ve been constantly evolving from the beginning, but had begun to see that something was holding us back – our website itself.A few months ago, we decided to switch from a custom (and difficult to manage) site to… Continue reading Announcing….our new site!
What did Billion Dollar Companies Look Like at the Series A?
There is a lot of coverage of the companies that have reached valuations of over a billion dollars. Many of these companies were not always fast growing businesses.At Shasta Ventures, we focus on investing at the early stage, so we studied 32 high value consumer companies to see what they looked like around their… Continue reading What did Billion Dollar Companies Look Like at the Series A?
9 Things to Do in New York This Mother’s Day
We’ll pay tribute to mothers this coming weekend, and New York offers an array of things to do with mom on Mother’s Day, or on any day, for that matter.My mom will make the trip from Pennsylvania, and we’ll spend Saturday and Sunday together.I managed to snag some of the last seats for the… Continue reading 9 Things to Do in New York This Mother’s Day
How to Market Like the Big Dogs on a Small Business Budget
If you build it, they will come. If only!!One of the biggest struggles most small businesses face is trying to reach and attract customers. Whether you are a B2B (Business to Business) or a B2C (Business to Consumer) business, if you dont have a way of letting people know you exist, theyll never find… Continue reading How to Market Like the Big Dogs on a Small Business Budget
Roosevelt Island Cherry Blossoms: Prettiest Pink in NYC
Happy May everyone!My absolute favorite month in NYC. The weather is great, roof tops bars are open, and flowers line most every street. The Big Apple is warm and beautiful. It even smells good! I’m not kidding!I go out of my way in May to see the prettiest spring sights. Yesterday I took the… Continue reading Roosevelt Island Cherry Blossoms: Prettiest Pink in NYC
…(barely) saw the cherry blossoms at Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Seeing the cherry blossoms at theBrooklyn Botanic Gardens is an NYCmust,so last weekend, I headed there hoping that a few blossoms haddefied the unseasonably cold weather to make an appearance.Thankfully, one or two had. Yes, they were few and far between – but ooh, they were lovely. See full story on todaysthedayi.com
Happy 75th, Essex Street Market
The one constant in New York City is change.Across the five boroughs, communities are constantly shifting, innovating, and evolving.But our neighborhoods also ground us, providing foundations for New Yorkers to build their identity, heritage, and sense of place. The Lower East Side is one of these communities. It is home to more than 80,000… Continue reading Happy 75th, Essex Street Market
The 4 Steps Of Getting A Yes And Closing A Partneship
I sat down with a young hopeful business development person this past week and he asked what the process of getting a yes and closing a partnership was. I’ve written individual pieces on this before, but I decided to put together a four-step process of getting someone to say yes and closing a deal.Step… Continue reading The 4 Steps Of Getting A Yes And Closing A Partneship