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The Future of Brick and Mortar

This is going to be BIG.

In Bay Ridge, The Art Room is a store front fine arts school for kids and represents the tip of the iceberg in storefront education centers. Story is a 2000 square foot retail space with "a point of view" that is part store, part event, rotating on a regular basis to feature different themes.

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Why Aren’t There More Female Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Even more interesting is that at GRP Partners (the VC firm where I’m a partner) our two most successful returns from our previous fund [which is ranked as the top performing fund in the country for its 2000 vintage according to Prequin] were both run by women! But then the truth sets in. And I talk about women.

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7 Tips for Building a Strong, Vibrant Network

This is going to be BIG.

I've been very lucky over the last six years of being involved in the NYC innovation community to meet some fantastic folks. When you're educated by Jesuits, you know the word "discernment". I'd say just about everyone in my LinkedIn network , all 2000 of them, are people who I've at least had the equivilant of a 1:1 lunch with.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. So Fox ludicrously set up a quasi internal innovation center called Slingshot Labs. This was Politburo-style innovation and was laughable. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.

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Rising tide of innovation raises all of our boats

Innovation 2 Enterprise

The rising tide of innovation raises all our boats. One sure path is to increase innovation. Innovation is a long game. The path begins with educating more young people in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). Graduates of OSSM put that STEM education to work and impact the world in amazing ways.

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Hans Severiens Award Given to Tony Shipley

Angel Capital Association

The Hans Severiens Award recognizes personal impact on the advancement of angel investing globally and highlights the special relationship that angels and entrepreneurs build to innovate, create jobs, and drive the economy. Prior to this technology, the process had been an “educated guess” on which drug to initially prescribe.

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An open letter to tech workers about careers in public service

TechCrunch

For me (Thomas) — I graduated in 2000 during massive layoffs in Silicon Valley. The ability to foster innovation in a new environment and context changed the course of my career. The federal civilian service has an opportunity that would greatly benefit from the expertise of talented technologists like yourself.