Comments on: NextNY Meeting Thoughts http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/03/01/nextny-meeting-thoughts/ Lee Semel's thoughts on internet and technology Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:15:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: mike http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/03/01/nextny-meeting-thoughts/#comment-492 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:13:09 +0000 http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/03/01/nextny-meeting-thoughts/#comment-492 Thanks for the write-up Lee. Wasn't able to attend the event, but definitely agree that the two main challenges are money and community/culture. As a former "Wall Street" IT guy, there are plenty of exciting technology projects going on in the NYC area, but finding talented people willing to quit their high-paying day job for equity is a tough sell. Also, I tend to agree that most people in the NYC area don't consider tech entrepreneurship as a career option. -Mike Thanks for the write-up Lee. Wasn’t able to attend the event, but definitely agree that the two main challenges are money and community/culture. As a former “Wall Street” IT guy, there are plenty of exciting technology projects going on in the NYC area, but finding talented people willing to quit their high-paying day job for equity is a tough sell. Also, I tend to agree that most people in the NYC area don’t consider tech entrepreneurship as a career option.

-Mike

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