Philips Ambient Experience
June 28, 2008 by Bill Sobel
Filed under Companies
As I am packing my bags to head back to New York following a great week here in Amsterdam, I am still in awe over this hotel, CitizenM that we have been staying in all week.
One of the many aspects is the fact that one of the partners in the venture is Philips Electronic. According [...]
Robin & Sarah talk about the CitizenM Hotel
June 27, 2008 by Bill Sobel
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I have been spending the week here in Amsterdam at one of the most incredible hotels…the CitizenM. I sat down earlier this week with company co-founder Robin Chadha and one of his colleagues, Sarah Zimmerman to talk about it.
Robin & Sarah talk about the CitizenM Hotel
Vote for the E.Factor on KillerStartups.com
June 27, 2008 by Bill Sobel
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I just got word this afternoon that the E.Factor has been added to the website killerstartups.com and they are asking for you to vote and show your support of the E.Factor.
FYI: KillerStartups.com is a user driven internet startups community. Entrepreneurs, investors, and bloggers are staying informed on up-and-coming internet startups using our blog platform, where [...]
BlogTalkRadio Chats About New Financing and New Plans
June 27, 2008 by Bill Sobel
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Many of you know my good friend, John Havens, V/Business Development at BlogTalkRadio. Among other things, John is a blog expert, co-founder of PodCampNYC and is a podcasting and blogging consultant to NY:MIEG and moderated an event for us last year that was incredible. John emailed me the other day to give me an update [...]
The Coffee Cat in Santa Barbara
June 23, 2008 by Bill Sobel
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I’m writing this blog entry from a neat little coffee shop in what’s called the “Mission” district of Santa Barbara called “Coffee Cat.” Its a pretty typical college town type coffee place (we’re very close to UCSB), great coffee, breakfast-type stuff (including a varitety of crepes) and great music.
While they have WiFi throughout the place [...]
Cutcaster
June 18, 2008 by Bill Sobel
Filed under Companies
John Griffin, a NY:MIEG member and FOBS has been telling me about his new start-up “Cutcaster” for a while and he is finally at a point where they are looking for funding.
I thought you might be interested in hearing about this unique service.
-Bill
Cutcaster is a community based content marketplace to license digital videos, motion graphics [...]
TVNewsday to relaunch on Monday June 16th
June 13, 2008 by Bill Sobel
Filed under Companies
have been a fan of TVNewsday for as long as I can remember…probably since it was first launched in January 2006 and I have been an avid reader ever since. The publisher, Harry Jessell is one of best journalists in the business and and a super nice guy.
Harry and I have been corresponding about ways [...]
Entry Level Position & Great Sushi in one of the coolest parts of town
June 12, 2008 by Bill Sobel
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I just received an email from my friend and colleague, Cheni Yerushalmi, managing director of Sunshine Realty Management. While this may be a true “Entry Level Position” it is such a great place…great people and you get to see me on a regular basis since this is where my office in Tribeca is located (at [...]
IKEA comes to Brooklyn
June 9, 2008 by Bill Sobel
Filed under Companies
Sheryl and I have been IKEA fans for years…as a matter of fact we have been shopping at IKEA so long that when gas was under $1 a gallon (almost 25 years ago) we purchased a couple of small tables that we are still using today from their only store in the area in suburban [...]
Support the Animation Community in New York
June 6, 2008 by Bill Sobel
Filed under Companies
I received the following email (via LinkedIn) from Adam Pierce at Charged and I wanted to share it.Before coming to Charged Adam worked in film and television for over 10 years. He has animated for various animated features and television series including the feature film “Disaster” for Dream Entertainment, Fox’s stop-motion series ‘The PJ’s” (starring [...]

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