By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

If you’ve had your fair share of coffee, then you’ll be good to go at the TWTRCON. The relatively intimate conference drew a crowd for the Martha Stewart talk. While I missed it, I made it in time to watch @BPGlobalPR…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Every week, I will write about one thing I have learned from my mentor. This idea was born during a random night of chatting — I write about things I’ve learned from him and about lessons I am learning from him.…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

I think the New York Times article on “Attached to Technology and Paying a Price” is a bit overblown. Are we really that addicted to technology?

On average we consume 12 hours of media a day and we surf 40…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

As I said earlier, Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants people to move to New York to start their businesses. The NYC Entrepreneurial Fund will pump in $19 million into New York-based startups. Read the full story »

Tags: betaworks , Iain Dodsworth , Michael Bloomberg , New York , New York City , new york times , tweetdeck , United States

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson

Obama began Small Business Owners Week, asking Congress to create a small-business jobs package ASAP.

“Small business owners have been the hardest hit by this recession,” Obama added. “From the middle of 2007 through the end of 2008, small businesses lost 2.4 million

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By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Many of the entrepreneurs in New York have lived through the dot-com boom. But as of late, the tech scene has gotten a second life and the time is ripe for a new breed of Internet companies to thrive. The start-up energy sizzling…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

The secret to success is to “play dirty.” And apparently, New Yorkers don’t know how to play rough enough.

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Wahed Said wants to build a waste-to-fuel plant in New York. He is not alone. Said is a green entrepreneur, who is a managing partner for Native American Investors Group. His two partners are Native American.

“Our mission is to…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Tech Crunch is bringing a game show approach to elevator pitches. At an event on May 24-26 in New York City, entrepreneurs will dish out their startup ideas in front of a thousand people — and the audience will vote American…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Over the last year, small coffee shops had slowly crept into New York. The timing couldn’t have been better. After all, the unemployeed, freelancers, and small business owners, need a comfy place to call their “office.”

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

I remember the first time I saw snow. It was on TV. Come to think of it, a Seinfeld episode probably exposed me to New York City snow.

The first time I touched snow, it felt so surreal. I was in…

By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)

The New York City Big Apps winners were announced this evening and release by Center Networks.

The winners were selected from contest entrants that developed applications to best transmit information about city and add to transparency. That information took…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

I’m sitting at a table that is dimly lit. The designer sitting next to me is fiddling with Chinese characters for a night club client. I’m told writers, designers, and tech people frequent the tables, so I’ll fit right in. I…

By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)

My inbox dings and I’ve got mail from New Work City. I take a look and what should I find but the most intriguing email of my morning.

New Work City (NWC) is a…

By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)

Hey guys! I wanted to give you a heads up that I will be blogging as much as possible tomorrow morning from the Seesmic Look launch event here in NYC.

The event is set to start at 9 a.m.…

By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)

The time has come for you to make money online doing what you love. Getting paid to provide a service, entertainment or news isn’t shameful. No matter what people have been saying for years, free is not a way to…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

PluggedIn NYC is a startup and investor conference designed to facilitate knowledge sharing, relationship building and deal making amongst the handpicked media, advertising, social media and mobile executives and gatekeepers that will be in attendance.

Oh – and bloggers. Yours truly…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Today was absolutely beautiful. I was excited to visit the Wired Store for the first time, but it was closed. Instead, my editor Kris Smith and I drank coffee at the local Starbucks.

Then I took the subway…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

I never thought in a million years that I’d ever say this: I wish I knew how to sew.

The pattern featured this week on Burdastyle is the Tikva Trench. The $6.50 pattern is so hot.…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

It’s here! Web 2.0 Expo New York takes place this week, November 16 – 19 and I’m gearing up to talk to some startups for TechStartups.com. I’l l have my OWLE Bubo paired with Reel Director…