Who are you? Are you simply a sum of hours you spent behind a desk? Are you the all-nighters you spent in college to ace the final? Are you just another face in an endless sea of online applicants and competing profiles? Of course, you’re not, but the world may think you are. Now more than ever, individuality is being cherished at the workplace. Companies and CEO’s want to know what you can bring to…
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So, you got it all figured out huh? Your company, your name, your logo, your concept, your market, your demographic, your product, your mission, your goal yadda yadda. But, there is one thing you seem to be struggling with. “Where is my company going to be?” So you look up some office spaces in New York City and your jaw hits the floor. Turns out having your business here is just as expensive as, well,…

In an era of increasingly short attention spans, it is important for start-up entrepreneurs to refine their “elevator pitch” or 2-minute speech on their business. The audiences might include potential investors, prospective customers, people who are being recruited or strategic partners. At the first event in the Empress.world Fall 2017 Business Innovation Series a panel of venture capitalist offered tips on how to do this. The panel included Byron Ling from Primary Venture Partners, Meghan…

You are cordially invited to join Empress.world for its Fall 2017 Entrepreneurs Rounds Table starting on Tuesday 9/12/17. This series creates the opportunity for entrepreneurs to meet investors and hear insights on particular business sectors. We will also give 5 companies a chance to do their “elevator pitch” and get feedback from our panelists and audience. Tickets are available online at Everbrite. The first event is scheduled as follows: Location: Arlo Hotel NoMad – 11 East 31st Street…

In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang describe how seemingly opposite or contrary forces can be complementary, interconnected and interdependent, giving rise to each other as they interrelate. This aptly describes Upsider co-founders Josh McBride + Drew Koloski. Where they came from: Josh was in tech sector sales, often using data to help his sales teams increase their productivity and efficiency. He’s the thoughtful, analytic and focused type that drove this type of introspective. Drew was…
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