Category Archives: General
Join us at New Work City’s temporary home in Brooklyn and help with Sandy relief efforts!
We’ve got a space. We’ve got people who are ready to help. Now, today, it is time for us to take action.
NY Tech community: now is your time to shine.
In earlier crises around the world, members of NYC’s tech community have stepped up to build solutions to help with relief efforts. Now, the crisis is literally in our own backyard. Now is our time to shine.
Like Starfish, Good Ideas are Hard to Kill
I always thought the analogy of the Starfish and the Spider was great, but could never really be fully implemented. A decentralized community is great in theory, because it is more versatile, but eventually, some critical thing depends on one … Read more
Leona Lansing, Shareholders, Crowfunding, and Fixing the Economy
Who’s the real bad guy when an otherwise good company does evil things? How can we change the system to account for that?
You can’t pull the plant out of the seed.
You can’t pull the plant out of the seed. You can work hard to prepare the soil, provide water, sunlight, warmth, but in the end, the plant will come out when it is damn well ready.
Piloting Community-Based Partnerships at New Work City
What’s the line between defending the healthy organic development of the community and providing members with a service or resource that could be useful and helpful to them?
Do you want to build an Instagram, or a Photojojo?
So you want to start a business, and you dig photography. Sweet! What are your options?
SoCaNoCha – New York’s hottest new neighborhood
If you haven’t visited NYC’s newest and most exciting new neighborhood, now is a great time to see all it has to offer.
Building A Support Network for Independents
Working for yourself is awesome, but it’s not easy. The fact is, the world’s built for employees. That means the enterprising self-starters out there are largely on their own. Not anymore.
New Shareholders, New Profits
“The current theory holds that the singular goal of the corporation should be shareholder value maximization. Instead, companies should place customers at the center of the firm and focus on delighting them, while earning an acceptable return for shareholders.”
