New York's niche is content, and content is becoming more valuable. Just think about what is more valuable: MTV or the cable system that you use to get MTV? Howard Stern or the radio station you use to listen to him? Ultimately, technology becomes a commodity, and content - real, true branded content - becomes more valuable.

I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that's going to happen, and the people who are going to make it happen.

Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook.

The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success

Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.

If you want to create something great and do it faster than the competition, you need to be action oriented.

I get everything that satisfies my soul from bringing together objects that are in the world, manipulating them, working with spatial arrangements, and having things presented in the way I want to see them.