The New York Enterprise Report

For the past few months I have been speaking with web developers about doing a project for us. I spoke to developers from around the country (actually the world) and most of them were referrals from people I know...

In recognition of our fifth anniversary, we asked readers to share what they have learned from NY Report over the years. We published the responses in our July issue. Now, I'm asking for your best tips. What information did you get from NY Report most helped your business?

One hundred years ago, the businesses with the most capital (think factories, etc.) were the biggest and most valuable. Companies like U.S. Steel and American Sugar dominated the Dow Jones. Towards the last quarter of the 20th century, the economy changed to a "knowledge-based” economy...

This morning at breakfast with sales expert Jack Daly, he talked about the toughest sales job in the country: "The toughest sales job in the country is that of military recruiters because they have to sell the parent(s) and the kid." Jack said if he were starting a business today, he would want to...

One of my favorite things about my job is getting face time with successful and innovative business men and women and really picking their brains about what they do and how they do it...

For the July issue, our managing editor interviewed Ben Lerer, co-founder of Thrillist...

CNN’s money.com recently published a list of business-killing traps that every entrepreneur must avoid and sloppy accounting topped the list. They provided a tip I found compelling: understand your ratio of sales to expenses that will result in profitability...

Last night, I attended an EO event that featured former New York governor Eliot Spitzer...

I have always said the advertising and event sponsorships (how NY Report makes its money today) is sold and not bought...

This morning I had breakfast with Stephen Messer, co-founder of LinkShare, an innovative online marketing technology company. He subsequently sold LinkShare for $425 million in 2005 and is starting up a new business. He told me this latest company is in stealth mode...

This morning I had breakfast with Stephen Messer, co-founder of LinkShare, an innovative online marketing technology company. He subsequently sold LinkShare for $425 million in 2005 and is starting up a new business. He told me this latest company is in stealth mode...

This morning, I attended a breakfast meeting with Kirsten Gillibrand, a US Senator for New York at the Friar's Club...

In my June letter from the editor, I wrote about “Levin’s Law on Cheap and Easy Marketing.” The law addresses the inverse relationship between the price of a marketing medium and the effectiveness of that vehicle as a whole...

This morning I was at a CEO breakfast with approximately 70 other business leaders. One person asked the group, “My salespeople keep telling me they are upset that they are not making the money they did last year because sales are down...

I just arrived at the Warrillow Summit 2009 in Las Vegas. Imagine my surprise when I opened the program agenda and read that one panel discussion featured Sarah Beatty of Green Depot and Andy Dunn of Bonobos. Big coincidence as they are both featured in the June issue...

Last night’s NY Report event at Lighthouse International in NYC really struck a chord with the small business community...

Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine recently described the “new, new economy,” where giant top-down corporations are decentralizing and externalizing...

Past NY Report contributor and BusinessWeek columnist, Gene Marks, recently took the contrarian view of the virtues of social media for business. Before you spend too much time unproductively, you may want to take into account Gene’s warning and avoid too many social media missteps...

In yesterday’s post, I talked about the worst hiring practices that, unfortunately, many of us (including me) are guilty of. In his talk, Barry Deutsch did more than point out common mistakes – he provided suggested best practices...

A few days ago, Tom Golisano, board chairman of Paychex, Inc., and the founder of Responsible New York, wrote an editorial for the New York Post. In the letter, Golisano says the only taxpayer incentive included in Albany’s new budget is the incentive to move...

I recently sat in on a Vistage session with Barry Deutsch of Impact Hiring Solutions. Barry said that today, we have "a once in a lifetime opportunity to hire great talent." Great news, but according to Barry, most of us have bad hiring practices that will prevent us from finding top talent...