Rob's Blog: Gripes & Praises

    • Today over lunch, Jason, NY Report's May cover story subject, told me about his summer plans. He is going to Hawaii for five weeks with his family. Ok, maybe that isn't earth-shattering...
    • It’s hard to believe no one (i.e., me) thought of this sooner. This April 20 – 24, NY Report will be a media sponsor for New York City Entrepreneur Week. The goal of this program is to match...
    • Make a Referral Week is a grassroots initiative giving entrepreneurs their chance to stimulate this sagging economy by pledging to make at least one business referral. During the week of March 9th,...
    • Once upon a time, employers had all of the leverage. They worked people, including kids, ridiculously hard, and for little money. Then came minimum wage, age and overtime rules. I think almost...
    • I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Gayle Kesten for the website bMighty.com. It was a rare opportunity for me to talk about the magazine – the ideas behind it, where it’s going and the people...
    • Last night, at 3am, I had a great opportunity to catch up on some reading and read a great article by Michael Lewis (Liar's Poker, The New New Thing, and etc) on the recent (and maybe somewhat...
    • GoodSearch.com, a Yahoo! powered search engine that donates a penny to your favorite charity for each search, recently launched the equally humanitarian GoodShop.com. Founded by MSNBC’s Your Business...
    • In the five-year existence of NY REPORT, we have never gotten involved in political editorial or even small business advocacy.  Our mission is to deliver how-to content from experts to help...
    • A few posts ago, I referenced a newsletter from The DiJulius Group about identifying and eliminating negative cues around your business. Today, I received 3 email newsletters (only 1 of which I opted...
    • NY Report and Verizon Wireless hosted a Holiday networking reception in Times Square on Monday night. It was a packed house full of NY SMB’s movers and shakers networking and enjoying hors d’oeuvres...
    • The free social-networking tool Twitter is gaining a lot of momentum in the mainstream press. Companies (like Zappos) are already leveraging this service to help push their brands, and The Wall...
    • I know a lot of you are excited about the annual NY XPO at the Jacob Javits Center tomorrow. For those of you attending , please feel free to stop by the NY Report booth (#1625) and say hi. We may...
    • No, I’m not talking about the band. I’m talking about the so-called experts you see on TV and hear on the radio spewing a lot of negativity and alarmist reactions to the daily business news. Now I am...
    • The other night I found myself at small claims court because an advertiser hasn’t paid their bills. Actually they ran 4 ads but only paid for the first 2 and never returned calls for payment. So we...
 
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