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How Kidous Mahteme Turned a Cold Email Problem Into InfraMail
September 8, 2026
How Kidous Mahteme Turned a Cold Email Problem Into InfraMail After years in sales and firsthand frustration with outbound infrastructure, Mahteme helped build a platform now used by more than 2,000 B2B companies. Before Kidous Mahteme became the co-founder and CEO of InfraMail, he spent years learning what makes people
Bringing a Generation Back to the Kitchen and The Woman Behind Did You Khado?
September 8, 2026
By: Zach Miller Chef Raina Mirchandani is building more than a culinary business; she’s putting the heart back into the kitchen. “Food has a way of holding us when life cannot. It brings us back to people, to memories, to laughter, and sometimes, back to ourselves. And maybe that is
Dante Nero Has Spent a Lifetime Studying What Makes Men and Women Tick
September 3, 2026
By: Elliot Mercer From Brooklyn streets and New York comedy clubs to Patrice O’Neal’s Black Phillip Show and Man School 202, Dante Nero’s unconventional life became an education in relationships, masculinity, and human behavior. Dante Nero was never supposed to become a relationship strategist. Growing up in Brooklyn, his interests
Aaron Strazicich Builds Leep AI to Give Business Owners Their Time Back
July 20, 2026
Aaron Strazicich founded Leep AI in 2025 with a specific customer in mind. Owner-operators in home services still answer their own phones. They miss leads on job sites. They take calls during family dinners. Strazicich built a company to fix that. Leep AI sells voice AI as its core product.
Hudson Landing: Hochul Selects Developers For $1 Billion Hell’s Kitchen Housing Project Near Intrepid Museum
July 27, 2026
Governor Kathy Hochul has selected three New York developers to transform a state-owned parking lot in Hell’s Kitchen into a $1 billion, 1,127-unit mixed-use housing development directly across from the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Manhattan’s far West Side. The project, dubbed Hudson Landing, marks one of the
Saan Enzo on Building a Business After Vine
July 14, 2026
Saan Enzo is a Canadian entrepreneur who has built a successful career by adapting to the fast-changing world of social media. Before focusing on business, he was active on Vine, the short-form video app that became popular for its six-second clips. Like many creators on the platform, he spent time
NFIB Report Reveals New York Small Business Confidence Falling Behind the National Average in 2026
July 13, 2026
New York small business owners are reporting lower confidence than their counterparts across the rest of the country in three fundamental economic categories, according to a new state-specific report from the National Federation of Independent Business released on July 9, 2026. The Empire State trails the national average in expectations
NYC Launches Clean-Powered Carts Challenge To Electrify Street Food Vendors in Queens
July 30, 2026
New York City officially launched a six-month pilot program on July 7 to replace gas-powered generators on mobile food carts with rechargeable electric batteries, starting with 10 vendors at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. The NYC Clean-Powered Carts Challenge, unveiled by Chief Climate Officer Louise Yeung near the Unisphere,
Matt Sim and the Idea That Discipline Is Built, Not Born
July 2, 2026
Matt Sim signed his first professional esports contract at fourteen. By his own account, he ranked highly among Fortnite players and in a competitive Halo playlist. The trajectory looked set. Then it wasn’t. What came next was not a clean line from prodigy to founder. It ran through a stretch
Why Filmmaker Dante Hillmedo Chose To Bet On Himself To Bring ‘Butterfly’ To Life
June 22, 2026
By: Aman Jalan Entrepreneurship often comes down to a single question. How much are you willing to bet on yourself? For Bronx filmmaker and Team Elite Productions founder Dante Hillmedo, that question became very real during the production of his debut feature film, Butterfly. After spending more than a decade
Brooklyn-Based Chronograph Raises $140 Million in Growth Round Led by Sixth Street, Launches Private Credit Platform
June 18, 2026
Chronograph, the Brooklyn-headquartered portfolio monitoring and analytics platform serving institutional private capital investors, confirmed a strategic minority growth equity round of more than $140 million on Tuesday, June 16. Sixth Street Growth, the dedicated growth investing arm of Sixth Street, led the round. All existing investors — Summit Partners, Carlyle
How to Innovate Your Brand in 2026 with AI and One Connected App
June 16, 2026
By: Maria Williams Every entrepreneur knows the feeling. The idea is clear, the vision is strong, the ambition is there, but the moment it’s time to bring the brand to life, everything slows down. The designer is fully booked. The photographer is expensive. The consultant is unavailable. The logo doesn’t
Richard Turrentine Is Reimagining Independent Film Distribution
June 16, 2026
Independent filmmakers have never had more tools to make a movie, or fewer dependable ways to get it watched. Festivals are crowded, streaming catalogs are saturated, and the path from a finished film to a paying audience runs through a shrinking set of intermediaries. Richard Turrentine has spent more than
C.A. Victor Discusses The Conscious Pugilist, Brooklyn Roots, Music Industry Success, and Consciousness
June 15, 2026
By: Eliot Mercer Author, entrepreneur, former music producer, and creative visionary C.A. Victor is gaining attention for his debut literary work, The Conscious Pugilist Anthology Vol. One. The Brooklyn native, whose career spans music production, automotive management, entrepreneurship, real estate investing, and personal development, has created a book that blends
The AWS Architect Who Thinks AI Writing Tools Are Solving the Wrong Problem
June 6, 2026
By: Stephen Woodard How a career in enterprise systems led to a fundamentally different approach to AI and the written word. Before building Thanis, I spent a year working on a problem that had nothing to do with writing. The question was simpler, and in some ways more unsettling: how
Mike Hayes: The SEAL Commander Paying Off Mortgages for Gold Star Families
June 17, 2026
Written by: Dillon Kivo The Man Who Listens First In a lower Manhattan conference room, a man who once commanded a 2,000-person task force in Afghanistan and later helped close one of the largest software acquisitions in American history listens before he speaks. The habit shows up everywhere Mike Hayes
The Real Reason New York Taxis Turned Yellow
June 4, 2026
The yellow taxi reads, almost anywhere in the world, as shorthand for New York. Yet the color was neither original to the city’s cabs nor adopted for the reason most often repeated. The widely shared “fun fact” that a 1967 law made New York taxis yellow because a University of
The Story Behind Duccio Calamai’s Transition Into Lifestyle and Wellness Business
June 3, 2026
In an era where entrepreneurship is often presented through overnight success stories and polished social media narratives, Duccio Calamai represents something far more grounded: reinvention through experience, discipline, and calculated risk. Long before he became associated with Bali’s creative wellness scene or the founder behind The Wrong Gym, Duccio’s journey
Claudia Rodriguez and the Vision Behind Soul Academy 369: Inspiring a Life Built on Purpose, Wellness, and Personal Growth
May 27, 2026
In a world where more people are searching for meaning, balance, and emotional well-being, entrepreneurs like Claudia Rodriguez are creating platforms designed to help individuals reconnect with themselves and build lives driven by purpose. As the founder of Soul Academy 369, Claudia has positioned herself as a modern voice in
The $41 Billion Funding Boom That Side Hustlers Will Never See
May 26, 2026
Venture capital is flooding into early-stage startups at a pace not seen in years. Early-stage funding hit $41.3 billion in Q1 2026, a 41 percent jump from the same period in 2025. The numbers paint a picture of an investment climate eager to back new ideas. At the same time,
Nelson Sejdija: Building an International Legacy Through Fashion, Business, and Vision
May 23, 2026
A Rising Name Between Milan and Belgium Nelson Sejdija is establishing himself as one of the most dynamic and ambitious entrepreneurs connected to the international fashion and business industries. Operating between Milan and Belgium, he has developed a reputation built on vision, discipline, and the ability to create opportunities across
New York Startup Searchable Closes $14M to Build Performance Marketing for the AI Search Era
May 22, 2026
A two-year-old performance marketing company with offices split between New York and London has closed $14 million in fresh funding to bet that brand discovery is migrating away from traditional search engines and toward AI assistants. Searchable announced the round on May 18, with global venture capital firm Headline leading
Surviving the Unthinkable: How Terry Beard Turned Pain Into Purpose Through W.A.N.O.A
May 15, 2026
By Victoria James For many people, a diagnosis changes everything. For Terry Beard, it became the beginning of a transformation that would redefine not only his health but his purpose, his resilience, and ultimately, his mission. In 2015, Beard received a life-altering diagnosis: Type II diabetes. The news forced him
