communities creativity transportation 
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 25, 2013
Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. 33 Flatbush. Picture: Benjamin Norman for The New York Times.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 8, 2014
I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. It really only needs a few community leaders to kick things off and land a community on a map. Co-Working Space.
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
She is trying to build a “creative economy” in South Korea and wanted to learn from some Americans what made us so innovative and what they could learn from us. I was fortunate enough recently to be invited to a private sitting with the president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, along with 18 other entrepreneurs.
Revolution
MAY 11, 2023
Roads, bridges, and transport will make or break a city’s ability to grow its startup ecosystem and talent pool. Infrastructure touches everything. The soundbite: “The way to go fishing is by going where the fish are — we need to open source where federal funding is headed and how to get a piece of the clean energy and infrastructure pie.”
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
JULY 10, 2024
Eight entrepreneurial teams presented their business startup ideas to a panel of judges, friends, family, and other community members for a chance to win $10,000 to launch their business. On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, Ben Franklin Technology Partners hosted a virtual pitch event for their TechCelerator Startup Bootcamp.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Mobility + Transportation. Going through the vetting process reminded us, yet again, just how much creativity, innovation and talent exists within the startup community. The Startup Battlefield 200 featured companies. Want to see the companies? It never fails to amaze and inspire us.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 14, 2020
She initially thought she’d focus on transportation, but her mind kept returning to consumer consumption habits and the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by targeting consumer behavior. To date, the app’s community of users have reduced nearly 6 million kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions in 2020.
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