I got the text around the start of the year. Some of you have gotten the same text. Mine came from an old friend who works in the financial industry – but he was far from the only person asking
A Roaring Economy, Easy Money, and a Bunch of Restaurants that are Going to Go Out of Business.
In the morning before work I go to the gym on the corner of 38th street and Broadway. Here’s the intersection (above) – courtesy of Google Street View (at the very left of the picture above, on the second floor,
Economic Cycles
Looking back on 2015, one of the most important things I learned was about the concept of economic cycles. Prior to this past year, the entire concept of an economic cycle was foreign to me. I saw the rise and
Boerum Apparel
For the very first time this weekend, when I was getting dressed in the morning, I thought to myself: where did my shirt come from? Where did the materials come from to make my pants? Were the people that manufactured
Profits vs Profitability
In hindsight, I realize I was wrong, but I was very skeptical of social networking websites in the early years. I even wrote a blog post about it back in 2009 (see: Are Social Networking Websites the Next Bubble?). The
Low-End Market Disruption
Early in my career, I made a simple promise to two professors at Skidmore College who focus on Advertising and Marketing. I told them that each time they invite me up to talk to their students I will prepare a
How to Fix the US Economy
Personally, I’ve never been very passionate about politics. I do enjoy watching Jon Stewart, but outside of satire there are a lot of things that repel me from political debate in the United States. Chiefly, I don’t like the constant
Why do we still sign credit card receipts?
Yesterday morning I logged onto my computer to check the balance in my savings account and my credit card online. To log into the ING Direct website (the custodian of my savings account), I entered my nine digit customer ID
The Current State of America
In his book, “The World America Made,” Robert Kagan makes a particularly unpopular argument about the current state of America: Everything is fine. I haven’t read the book yet (it’s on my list), but from the first time I heard
An Apartment Rental Epiphany
I spent a good deal of time this week looking at apartments in Brooklyn. Come February 1st I will be moving in with my longtime girlfriend, Miranda, and in typical New York fashion, we were scrambling to find the perfect