It’s life-affirming to do something novel or unexpected: going out on your own as a solopreneur, joining a startup as an early team member, or moving to a new city, for example. Once you’ve embarked on a new adventure, you may feel moments (or longer stretches) of doubt. That’s normal, of course. The good news? […]

“Amsterdam is a natural testbed for startups,” says Bas Beekman. “If it works here, it works anywhere.” Beekman should know. He’s the public lead for StartupAmsterdam, a public-private partnership that supports new businesses in the Dutch capital city. He says Amsterdam might be small, but it punches above its weight class. What makes it such […]

A year ago, I started a new job as a copywriter. Writing is what I love with all my heart, but every time I was supposed to write an article I found myself staring at a blank page. I got distracted all the time, and put things off for so long that I had to […]

My 23-year-old daughter acknowledged the other day that I’m better than she is at finding stuff on Google. “That’s because I grew up with the Dewey Decimal System,” I replied. “And I had to wait for my mother to drive me to the library.” (Don’t know what the Dewey Decimal System is? Google it!) Last […]

When it comes to describing her clients, Priya Malani doesn’t mince words. “We attract people who are excited to get their financial [stuff] together,” says Malani, founding partner at the startup Stash Wealth. For the Wall Street executive turned entrepreneur, it’s all about empowering millennials to strive for seemingly unreachable dreams. By showing them how […]

When you’re a startup approaching investors for the first time, what’s the best way to score big? Depends on how you define the term “score big.” New York City venture capitalist Mark Hass says money isn’t everything. “It’s about scoring big with the right partners,” says Hass, founding partner at Peconic First, a private equity […]

“Go back inside. You never know who you’ll meet.” Those were the words of my mother. She was referring to a cocktail party at a townhouse in New York’s West Village. I’d gone in, but was too shy to initiate conversation, and booze wasn’t doing the trick. I decided that it wasn’t for me and […]

“Your family’s broke.” When I heard these words, I was 28 years old, making $35,000 a year, and tending to a 55-year-old father who was dying of fourth-stage lung cancer. Our attorneys told my younger sister and I that the financial tides had turned for our self-employed father, a self-made millionaire. Suddenly, there were more […]