Published inCompany VenturesAnnouncing Boost at Company Ventures, A New Program Addressing Funding InequityIn collaboration with NYCEDC Company Ventures is announcing the launch of Boost, part of the citywide Founder Fellowship program.Nov 15, 20223Nov 15, 20223
Published inCompany VenturesThe 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…Oct 26, 20221Oct 26, 20221
Published inCompany VenturesHow 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…Oct 17, 20221Oct 17, 20221
Platforms 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…Oct 16, 20223Oct 16, 20223
There’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…Oct 16, 20223Oct 16, 20223
Thoughts 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…Oct 16, 20221Oct 16, 20221
A 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…Oct 10, 20222Oct 10, 20222
Published inCompany VenturesMeet 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…Sep 26, 2022Sep 26, 2022
My 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…Sep 23, 2022Sep 23, 2022
Sending Off Summer With A Citrus CakeIt’s the last days of summer (though in a far more accurate sense, summer ended this week) and it’s starting to feel like it: The autumn…Sep 23, 20221Sep 23, 20221
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies: The RemixSome FAQs for those of you baking the cookies this fall.Sep 6, 20221Sep 6, 20221
My New Daily Ritual In This, The World of Freelancing And Not Having a JobSpoiler: It’s a tomato sandwichAug 15, 20222Aug 15, 20222
A Snack For Your First Week of UnemploymentThe last (and only!) time I have found myself suddenly thrust into the world of unemployment was the dead of winter in 2019. It was cold…Aug 9, 20221Aug 9, 20221
You Don’t Need To Be “So Grateful For The Opportunity” To Have Been Laid Off, ActuallyI wasn’t going to write a Medium post about being laid off but since I’ve done it everywhere else, here we are! I got laid off for the…Aug 4, 20228Aug 4, 20228
How (and What) to Cook When It’s One Million Degrees OutsideI don’t know if it can technically be called a heatwave or if this is just some sort of new climate change-enacted normalcy, but the past…Jul 25, 202220Jul 25, 202220
A Blueberry Cheesecake Analog for Cancer SeasonYou may think: a cheesecake? At the peak of summer? Let me present you with a more palatable alternative: the blueberry goat cheese…Jul 21, 20221Jul 21, 20221
Something Cool You Can Make With Squash BlossomsYou’re gonna love this one. Crab rangoon, things of that nature.Jul 13, 2022Jul 13, 2022