January 2021
- A New Day, A New Direction
- MLK 2021
- Future Homes, Cities, Neighborhoods
- 10 Months and Counting
- After the Pandemic Ends
- Ssense
- What If…
- Happy 2021
December 2020
- What A Long Strange Year It’s Been
- Imagine
- Will Main Street Return?
- Female Role Models
- Oh, the Malaise
- 100 Years Young
- Historical Relevance
- Socially Conscious Companies
- The Crown
- It’s a Mad Mad Cannabis World
- Relationships with Money
- New Business Models?
- Reflections
November 2020
- Thanksgiving 2020
- Feeling Bleak?
- Impeding Freedom?
- Lobbyists
- Ladies, pay attention to your finances!
- New Ideas
- Women, COVID and Venture Capital
- Are Some Men That Stupid?
- VOTE
October 2020
- How To Get There?
- What’s the Future of Food, Hospitality, and Restaurants?
- Beacon of Democracy?
- Will We Finally Change?
- Will Politicians Ever Be Creative?
- A Week in NYC
- Women
- Will Cows be in Zoos?
- Watching All the Change
- Mom’s will Always be Mom’s
- Need is a Four Letter Word
- Winding Down my 50’s
- Mask Etiquette
- Exiting at the Top
September 2020
- Is it a perfect storm in education?
- Is Help Coming through Mother Nature?
- High Holidays
- Storefront Leases Must Change
- The Divided States of America
- Back to NYC
- C’mon Over for Dins
- Revealing
- Labor Day
- Voting
- Bankruptcy
August 2020
- Bringing Back Cities
- Liar Liar Pants on Fire
- Where is Our Support System?
- Think Big, but Make Small
- When The Division Ends
- Start-up Management
- Non-profit Conversations
- Rolling Boil
- Community Will Come First
- The Work Out
- Private Equity?
- Somedays A Good Sob is All You Need
July 2020
- Reality Check
- Questions and Answers
- As always, the Private Sector saves the day
- Mommy!!
- Emotions
- Covid-19 Will Be Etched in our History forever
- 2022?
- This is NY
- Family Care
- How Do You Break the Cycle?
- Test, test, test
- Missing Hugs
- Creative Projects
June 2020
- New York, New York
- Calling all Investors
- Learning and Listening
- Where Are We Going?
- Restaurants, Love and Friends
- Cisco Kid
- The Quiet Role Models
- Community Responsibility
- Power to the People
- Crumbling Down
- Sesame Street Rules
- Teaching Moments
- Calling Tennessee
May 2020
- This Picture Says It All
- What’s Privacy?
- Learned Needs
- Memorial Day
- Graduation on Line
- Accelerating off the Ledge
- Creatives in Food
- Commune Living
- Creativity in Coronaland
- Constitutional Rights?
- Social Shifts
- Today I Am Just Pissed Off
- Cracks
- Back East
- Fashion Defines the Times
April 2020
- What Do We Keep When This Ends?
- Next Generation Brands?
- Always follow the money
- Demise of Retail
- Where is our FDR?
- What’s Your Mindset?
- What I Miss the Most
- Reflect, pivot and beware of Shysters
- Evolution
- Lawsuits?
- Attitude Adjustment
- Healthcare
March 2020
- Conversations with Women, 3.0
- Culture is important now more than ever
- Entreprenurial Resilience
- Dorm Life
- Data?
- Silver Linings
- It is just the beginning
- Is this a sign?
- I Am So Angry!
- Unions
- A Call to the Innovators
- Ads in the deep hole of the Internet
- International Women’s Day
- When should restaurants upgrade?
- Slash, slash, slash
- Front Stage/Back Stage
February 2020
- Look Past The Face
- TV
- Navigating Term Sheets
- Even Eve was Second
- Massive Change?
- A Quick New York Fix
- Scary Times
- Sustainability
- Women Turning Tables
- Mind Games
- The Obvious and the Oblivious
- New Director at Sundance
January 2020
- Political Texting
- The Speed of Information
- MLK
- Equality in 2020?
- How far have we come?
- Where did the banks go?
- The Pope Says…
- Board Members?
December 2019
- 2020
- Partnership
- Merry Christmas
- Children give you the best education
- Mental Health
- My have things changed
- Amazon
- Pressure
- Everyone looks at things differently
- Economy?
- back in LA
- Healthcare
- USPS
November 2019
- Changing of 14th Street
- Housing
- Fox News
- The Good Men Project
- Wearing a seat belt
- Why do women need validation?
- Guns…this should not happen
- Ezra
- Seed rounds raising $2-3m?
- Young Mother Decisions
October 2019
- Nordstrom
- Barneys
- Thoughts on Eastern Europe
- Auschwitz
- Shaking up non-profits
- $1b to Empower Women…and a study
- Raising Children on Technology
September 2019
- Disruption in the Non-Proprietary World
- The “gig” will never be up
- The Dads
- Money, money, money
- Two Family Homes
August 2019
- The Summer Semester is ending
- The Guns
- The Children Question
- We are all artists
- Revival of Towns
- Nordstrom Comes to NYC
- Success?
- 25 Years of E-commerce
- Medical Tourism
- The Money
- Where is the DNC’s Don Draper?
- Boards
July 2019
- The Times They Are A Changin’
- How much more of Trump can we take?
- The Demise of Dean and Deluca…and Barneys
- Immigration is essential
- Parenting
- Age?
- Sotheby’s goes private
- Urban migration
- Grocery Stores
- What will the Cannabis Industry look like in 10 years?
- Where is Media going?
- Happy 4th of July
- Ladies…make the BIG ask
June 2019
- Drinking and Drugs
- Reality of Angel Investing
- Traveling is a Gift
- Women over 50
- Ten Years of Brand Building
May 2019
- Success? Now what?
- WTF?
- Hope is not a Strategy
- Whitney Biennial and Cultural Leadership
- Lots of Signs out there
- Money Comes in Many Shapes and Sizes
- Funding Non-Profits Will Change
- Motherhood
- Fear
- Attitude Adjustment
- Core Values
- Child Care
April 2019
- Wills
- Privileged
- Leadership
- The Lehman Trilogy
- Inappropriate touching now but wasn’t it always inappropriate?
- Who Do You Want to Be In Bed With?
- Women are in the house
March 2019
- Evolving, LA to NYC.
- Recalling Bad Men
- Women, Women, Women
- The College Take Down
- Didn’t your parents tell you?
- Getting rid of Prejudices
- The Homeless Crisis
- Are there yet?
February 2019
- Shrinks and Sex
- What is each of our responsibility to the community?
- Phone Addictions
- Diversity Should be #1 for Good Reason
- Circular Economy
- Changes in Brooklyn
- Fashion Wakes Up
- Debt Funding
- Talent is Democratic
January 2019
- Building the Bridge in Medical Care
- Vaccinations
- MLK Day
- Nothing has to be the norm
- Family Dynamics
- What happened to Etiquette?
- Winter has begun
- Giving Back
- Juno, Lyft and Uber Drivers
- Life doesn’t have a playbook
- When Will the Marches Begin?
- Fixing or Evolving?
December 2018
- New Year’s Eve 2018
- Women Defined 2018
- Gone Skiing
- Shifting Winds
- What Will the Job Market look like in 5 years?
- The Moral Compass of Investing
- The Inflation of the Seed Round
- Paying Your Investors Back in the Restaurant World
- What is it about Power?
November 2018
- Harold Levy, RIP
- Why don’t we take care of our people?
- 30 Days of Holiday Kindness
- Financial Literacy
- Happy Thanksgiving
- The Long Tail of 23 and Me
- Don’t Pull Founders Around
- Kids and work
- Has Anything Changed in 25 Years?
- Will Corporate America be the Catalyst for Democracy?
- Bad Websites
October 2018
- Different Generations of Men?
- Sometimes all you need is a good cry
- Sears
- When did Angel investing become a commodity?
- Confidence Should Be Applauded
- Women Are No Longer Biting Their Tongue
- 15 Years A Blogger
September 2018
- Be Tough but Be Yourself
- Different times
- Question, breath, ponder and return
- Building
- Jail
- Saving the Planet
- To the trade??
- Is there a better way to run Government?
- Happy Labor Day
August 2018
- Summer Winds Down
- Yin/Yang
- Tuft and Needle
- Ring Around The Rosie
- TV, Magazines and more
- Next Generation of Philanthrophy
- Airport Security
- Never Compromise
- Poke Around First
- Industry Changes
- Morality
- It’s All About Community
July 2018
- 17 Real-Life Questions
- Change
- Making Documentation Difficult is tied to Voting
- RIP Jonathan Gold
- Artist Rights
- Fiscal Responsiblity
- Protest Numbers Matter
- #MeToo is silently changing the way women think
- Girl Scouts are thinking about the future
- You Are Only As Good As Your Name
- Random Acts of Kindness
- Fourth of July
- Pickers
June 2018
- Your name should not be your Company’s name
- MedMen in NYC
- Being Self-Aware
- A few days in London
- Paris is humming
- Why?
- The Rise of the Secondary Cities
- Community is key
- Dumb money?
- Long Tails
May 2018
- Experiences….coming to you soon
- #IamME
- Memorial Day
- And just like that…
- Detroit
- Where is the “Rock the Vote”
- QSBS (Qualified Small Business Stock)
- Old School vs New School
- The Podcast Generation
- Are you really “killing it”?
- Do Investors Do More Than Just Give Capital?
- Would the outcome have been different if I was a man?
April 2018
- There is No Time Like the Present
- The Valuation Circle
- Portfolia and Angel Capital Association
- Women Don’t Quit
- Retail and rents
- How Did We Get To Here?
- Skimming to where?
- Bread & Monkey
- Women United Should Not be Divided
March 2018
- Skiing through the bumps
- Skid Row
- Student Loans
- Don’t Get Over Your Skis
- Rules on the snow mountain
- Taking the heat is a managers job
- Data
- Discipline
- Who else will file for Bankruptcy in 2018?
- Social Media
- Being a Manager
- Are all cultures just corrupt?
- Small Business Loans
February 2018
- Lobbying
- Just Get Started
- Will This Time Be Different?
- Cupcake, Jigsaw Puzzles and the brain
- NRA
- What is the Future of Food?
- Soccer
- Getting men who are uncomfortable, comfortable
- What goes up, must go down
- the nuances of Marketing
- The Realities of Angel Investing
- New business ideas?
January 2018
- Connecting and Pitching
- Judge Rosemarie Aquilina
- The first few days of Los Angeles
- Women in Office Will Change Everything
- California Here I Come
- Sakagura and a few thoughts on restaurants
- What is happening to the dance?
- Design that Speaks to a Rising Ride, Rachel Berks, Otherwild, Podcast #49
- Paying for the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Company names
- Creating company culture starts day one
- Sessions Cannabis Idiocy
- Ageism
- Where will we be without hard working laborers?