Well it's a different startup culture here in Manhattan and Brooklyn. We have the benefit of being a global hub for culture, with all the diversity that comes

Well it's a different startup culture here in Manhattan and Brooklyn. We have the benefit of being a global hub for culture, with all the diversity that comes along with that. We also have lots of very different types of industries here, so when all these people come together from different backgrounds and industries to combine ideas, our startups end up looking very different than in the valley. Take that and combine it with less VC firms that are willing to just throw money at any random idea, and it forces us as entrepreneurs to really think about what can be a profitable business. So we end up with startups in fashion, music, finance, Internet, tech, etc, and not just 100 companies trying to build the next great twitter app (oversimplification, obviously). It's just a totally different thing here, and a really exciting time to be in this amazing city.