http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/10/30/ny-tech-scene/ Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital in New York City Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:13:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/10/30/ny-tech-scene/#comment-98128 Jonathan Marcus Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:59:03 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/10/30/ny-tech-scene/#comment-98128 Just a fantastic post. Just a fantastic post.

]]> http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/10/30/ny-tech-scene/#comment-97712 Lee Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:45:22 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/10/30/ny-tech-scene/#comment-97712 So many of the New York companies are just not interested in innovation in the least, unless it concerns new forms of trading or financial products. The vast majority are either old-school media or marketing companies migrated to the Internet, and could care less about technology except as an "enabler" for their real businesses. And this attitude seems to infect tech people as well. The inevitable first question at Tech meetups is "whats your business model" (which Scott has thankfully banned from future tech meetups) You can't build a great Internet company if you're just interested in a quick flip and are afraid to engage with the technology itself. So many of the New York companies are just not interested in innovation in the least, unless it concerns new forms of trading or financial products. The vast majority are either old-school media or marketing companies migrated to the Internet, and could care less about technology except as an “enabler” for their real businesses. And this attitude seems to infect tech people as well. The inevitable first question at Tech meetups is “whats your business model” (which Scott has thankfully banned from future tech meetups) You can’t build a great Internet company if you’re just interested in a quick flip and are afraid to engage with the technology itself.

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