17 November 2010
I had the pleasure of attending New York Entrepreneur Week in SoHo's Scholastic Theatre last week.
Organised by founder Gary Whitehill with an aim to bring entrepreneurs together, each of the five days of the conference resembled a room bursting with aspiration.
These aspirants had the pleasure of audiences with those who have "been there and done that" in various industries, including the web industry.
Among the speakers were leading venture capitalists, national business television stars, significant web business successes, green tech innovators, and more.
Gary Whitehill and his friends have managed to use the famous New York City energy to create a community of people who have achieved and want to achieve so much in the business world. Gary calls these people "rockstars".
Evenings also included events that brought this community closer in a more casual environment, with the "Do It In Person" event, organised by founder Aron Schoenberg, a particular highlight in a Chelsea bar.
Connections made during this week are connections to keep for anyone who wants to get anywhere in business in New York. If you impress, you are closer to making a splash in arguably the world's biggest ideas market.
During this trip, KAYWEB launched our New York City office, thus we were the attention of many entrepreneurs with ideas to make it big in the web industry.
I met with numerous aspirants, listened to their ideas and highlighted a handful we would investigate further. From these, two are KAYWEB's first two New York City clients.
New York City's culture encourages entrepreneurs to be all that they can be.
Businesswoman and reality TV star Kim Kardashian was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno during my week in New York, and she summed it up best when saying: "There's no energy like New York. I'm such a workaholic that I feel I get so much down there!"
But there are entrepreneurs everywhere, not just New York.
At KAYWEB, one of my major goals is to have our clients in Australia and Asia start taking steps to pave their own way in life.
There are a myriad of opportunities available online and on mobile, and we are ready to help turn your ideas into reality.