Published in Company Ventures·Nov 15Announcing Boost at Company Ventures, A New Program Addressing Funding InequityIt’s no secret that venture dollars are disproportionately allocated. Only 2% of total venture dollars are invested in Black founders or women founders, and 0.3% has been allocated to Black women founders. And these statistics have not budged in recent years, despite many well-intentioned efforts to address the issue. For…2 min read2 min read
Published in Company Ventures·Oct 26The City Fellowship at Company Ventures: A Look Back on Our Inaugural CohortLast November, we announced the launch of the City Fellowship in cooperation with the New York City Economic Development Corporation. We created the City Fellowship to support impact-oriented entrepreneurs who are building innovative tech-enabled nonprofits, small businesses and startups serving New York City and its neighborhoods, with a focus on…5 min read5 min read
Published in Company Ventures·Oct 17How ReBORN FARMS Is Revolutionizing Food Access in the South Bronx — And Soon, Around the WorldBorn in the Dominican Republic and raised in the Bronx, Henry Obispo is a true global citizen — he studied abroad in Spain and later lived in Cuba. …7 min read7 min read
Oct 16Member-onlyPlatforms are Not Your FriendsThis column is bittersweet: It’s my last one writing for Medium as part of the program in which I was a founding writer. It’s also about not putting all of your content eggs in one single content basket. As a person formerly of “working in a classically volatile industry” experience…3 min read3 min read
Oct 16Member-onlyThere’s Exactly One Trick To Making Perfectly Roasted PotatoesIt’s October. Hopefully your landlord has turned your heat on. Perhaps you’ve dug out your Dutch oven and your cast iron after a summer too hot to cook most things. …3 min read3 min read
Oct 16Member-onlyThoughts From Three Months Under A BarbellI started seeing a trainer last year. This is a function of making more money than I used to but also giving up years of hyperfixating on cardio, which I obsessed over. I used to go to the gym for a couple hours and not get off the elliptical until…4 min read4 min read
Oct 10Member-onlyA Post About the Mouse in My HouseBefore we left for Florida last week, I became convinced I was not alone in my apartment. I’m usually not actually alone in my apartment, because usually Carmichael, the muppet/cat I adopted last year, is also at home with me. But he was staying at Chase’s (we keep the cats…4 min read4 min read
Published in Company Ventures·Sep 26Meet the Grand Central Tech 2022 Startup-in-Residence cohortEach year, we have the honor of learning about the most innovative New York City startups and their founders through our Grand Central Tech (GCT) Residency program. Since 2014, we’ve worked side-by-side — literally — with the founders who built these inspiring businesses. We open the doors of our building…4 min read4 min read
Sep 23Member-onlysome personal newsi’ve job — i spent seven weeks this summer unemployed. at first when i got laid off i did not try to relax too much. lol, relaxation is the furthest thing from my mind when faced with sudden scarcity. instead, i tried to fill each of my days with tons of meetings, calls…3 min read3 min read
Sep 23Member-onlyMy Apartment Home Improvement Journey: Day 125Looking for an apartment this spring, at the beginning of the New York City death spiral, was not for the faint of heart. “It’s always like this!” friends assured me, as I found myself being outbid (????) for rental units, or learning that totally mediocre studio apartments in Crown Heights…Home Improvement3 min readHome Improvement3 min read
