Jen Glantz is an author, public speaker and entrepreneur based in New York City. She is the founder of the Bridesmaid for Hire, a business started in 2014 from a viral Craigslist ad. Her new book, Always a Bridesmaid (For Hire), will be released February 2017 by Simon and Schuster.
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Oct. 25, 2016 8:01 am
Wanna Airbnb your place but don’t wanna do the dirty work? This startup can help
Meet MetroButler.
Oct. 20, 2016 12:28 pm
Use this app to meet people you can practice your French or Mandarin or German with
Meet Lexody, founded by Austin transplant Walsh Costigan. She even taught herself how to code so she could build the app.
Sep. 26, 2016 12:19 pm
Meet the Dumbo agency behind mobile apps for SoulCycle, Saks, Lilly Pulitzer
Cofounders Eric Weber and Bobak Emamian left Connecticut for Brooklyn and never looked back.
Sep. 23, 2016 11:00 am
Meet Alloy, the Techstars grad that just moved to East Williamsburg
After a crew of Virginia transplants came to New York for the fintech accelerator, they left Manhattan for Brooklyn. It's just a better quality of life, said cofounder Laura Spiekerman.
Sep. 21, 2016 10:22 am
This dating app is so over ‘Netflix and chill’
Get out and go on an actual date, with help from Mita Carriman's Adventurely.
Aug. 17, 2016 12:46 pm
This ‘Brooklyn Active Mama’ quit her cushy job and turned her blog into a business
Meet Nellie Acevedo, a Canarsie native and mother of two who just took the leap into entrepreneurship.
Aug. 15, 2016 10:56 am
Brooklyn’s tech illuminati just helped this startup raise $1 million
In a seed round that shows the interconnectedness of the Brooklyn tech scene, Williamsburg's Tribute.co landed some cash to help it deliver “the most meaningful gift on earth.”
Aug. 2, 2016 12:54 pm
How this French digital signage company landed in Crown Heights
After moving to Brooklyn for rabbinical school, Jacob Layani decided he didn't want to go back home to France. So he brought the family business to New York.
Jul. 29, 2016 12:28 pm
Why UX designer Seluga Sekanwagi left Houston for Brooklyn
We talked to the Texan transplant about his midday meditation breaks, where he finds inspiration and the hardest thing about living in Brooklyn.
Jul. 21, 2016 12:47 pm
Tristan Snell wants Brooklyn leaders to do more to support the tech scene
The founder of video app Snakt is a professed Brooklyn devotee, but he wishes politicians would do more than just pay lip service to the startup community.