Posts Tagged ‘New York Entrepreneur Week’

Over the last few weeks, I have attended numerous networking events, pitch parties and conferences in a wide variety of industries including music, film, technology, government and entrepreneurship. In going from event to event, you start to notice how different events are run, how the participants, sponsors and organizers interact with each other and the participants of the events. As I look back at my run of these events, I want to highlight what I think is a unique and great trait that entrepreneurs have – the willingness to help every other entrepreneur.

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“Plan B? We don’t HAVE a Plan B!” I said, sounding exasperated to my business partners. We were to have our big event in less than two weeks.

You see, we only had about 13 registered people for our Summit last month and we were concerned we would not fill the event, the first of its type in NYC. What message would THAT send to the world that there were not enough Green Entrepreneurs interested in scaling up.

Some of the members of our team wanted a Plan B in case our goal of 40 attendees did not happen. And I could certainly understand why. We’d invested a lot of time and energy and what if things did not turn out? How do we manage the project? Read the rest of this entry »

Things here in NYC are crazy with corporations and entrepreneurs trying to figure out how to catch the green wave.

And if you’re in doubt whether there is some serious potential in business in this area, just spend 3 minutes at any magazine store and look at the front covers of some of the major publications. That should placate your doubts!

Why is the “green” industry is so darn hot and very unlikely to be just a fad:

* Red China is now turning green and will lead the way in a very short time
* European countries are returning to coal known as “the dirtiest fuel on earth”
* The planet’s population is expected to increase 50%… to 9 billion! within 40 years
* The number of cars and trucks is expected to double by 2040 to two billion
* The number of commercial jetliners is expected to double to 36,000 by 2030

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Anyone reading this knows what it’s like to get excited about a pending release. Whether it be a new Dan Brown novel to the mythical Apple Tablet, we all love the speculation. Hype is a great way to describe this type of obsession.

The companies behind these products know we are suckers for teasers, specs, promos, anything at all that can give our thirst just a momentary reprieve. At the same time, this last year especially, we’ve noticed tactics shifting substantially through the age of the Internet.

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A survey from a pool of Columbia Business School alumni entrepreneurs was recently conducted to understand the overall pattern of our graduates entrepreneurial experiences and what factors predict success.

One of the questions posed was: When did you launch your first business? Read the rest of this entry »

If you are planning to make entrepreneurship your future, then you probably think that you’re a fairly adaptable, fly by the seat of your pants kind of guy (or girl). That’s a good start, however, to achieve real success as an entrepreneur, you’re going to have to learn to change direction practically mid-sentence.

Here are the reasons why, as well as a few tips on how to make it a little easier.

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The situation: You’ve lost your job. And the market to get another one as you well know is dismal. With this as a backdrop, you may be thinking that now is the time to invest in yourself. Perhaps by going to business school and getting an MBA? Or perhaps it is time to start that business you’ve had in the back of your mind for some time?

There are plenty of people advising that now is the perfect time to start a business. But if debating between business school or starting your own business, how should one think about this decision?

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Mix and mingle, be inspired and learn from more than 1,500 rsvp’d entrepreneurs and 100 rsvp’d investors from across the nation at New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEW) being held November 8th – 12th, 2010 at Scholastic Auditorium in SoHo.

Confirmed investors represent the following industries:

• Biotech
• Business Products & Services
• Consumer Products & Services
• Distribution
• Financial Services
• Green
• Healthcare
• IT

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