Jones Lang LaSalle recently asked: Is there still room for the buccaneer property developer? But in the contemporary world of real-estate – corporatized, institutionalized and massively capitalized – is there any longer room for the swashbuckling “merchant developers” or are they doomed to go the… Read More
Venture capitalist Matt Turck has a post up on his blog that is packed full of information about the New York City tech ecosystem. (He has also written similar posts about Berlin and Paris.) His overall thesis is that New York – as a startup/tech… Read More
Air Canada bumped me from my flight this morning and so I am spending the day hanging out at Toronto Pearson Airport. I can think of more enjoyable ways to spend Canada Day, but at least there’s a nice seating area in Terminal 1 with… Read More
This morning I stumbled upon an interesting book by Claudia Kalb called Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History’s Great Personalities. I obviously haven’t read it yet, but I like the premise. The book examines 12 famous figures and makes the argument… Read More
The Martin Prosperity Institute here in Toronto recently published a new report that looks at worldwide venture capital investment by city. The report is called Rise of the Global Startup City. The data is from 2012, because that’s what was available from Thomson Reuters, so… Read More
Here on ATC, we’ve talked a lot about the changing nature of work and what that could mean for cities. We talk (and debate) about the value of density and of being in close proximity to others so that ideas can percolate – whether that… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js “Great ideas alter the power balance in relationships. That’s why great ideas are initially resisted.” –Hugh Macleod I have been following the work and writing of designer Tobias van Scheider for quite some time now. If you don’t subscribe to his newsletter and you… Read More
Last week Monocle published their latest edition of “The Entrepreneurs” series. In this episode they look at Barcelona and a handful of entrepreneurs that are helping to grow the city. The video is only about 7 minutes long. I enjoy Monocle’s short films and I’ve… Read More
Yesterday afternoon Sam Altman of Y Combinator published a blog post talking about a new YC Fellowship program for even earlier stage companies. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Y Combinator, they are a super successful funding platform for early stage startups. They are… Read More
(Not my) yuppie life by Janet Kwan on 500px https://500px.com/embed.js Earlier this week I somehow stumbled on an old (2012) Medium story by Ev Williams, called, Formula for Entrepreneurial Success. (Ev is the cofounder of Medium, Twitter, and Blogger. He basically invented blogging.) His post includes… Read More
