Sometimes New York City feels like a small town. So it is when Ben Lerer arrives to dinner on a recent Tuesday night at Empellón Taqueria in the West Village. Sitting at one table is a girl he met in Ibiza a few summers back. At the next is one [...]

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20.05.2022

Boom Brands 2013 - Grumpy Cat -- New York Magazine - Nymag

… And his Sue Mengers. Ben Lashes is manager of the Internet’s meme-iest sensations, some of them feline. It’s a growth business.

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20.05.2022

Boom Brands 2013 - Two Trees -- New York Magazine - Nymag

Age: 39 Completed projects: Mercedes House, Wythe Hotel Upcoming projects: Domino Sugar plant Lesson: New development doesn’t have to feel like Miami.

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20.05.2022

Boom Brands 2013 - Bitly -- New York Magazine - Nymag

Employees: 42 Clicks last month: 7 billion Lesson: Geopolitics doesn’t matter in tech—until it does.

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20.05.2022

The Taming of SAC Capital's Steven A. Cohen -- New York Magazine - Nymag

After his firm’s indictment, Steven A. Cohen is richer than ever—but almost everything has changed.

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20.05.2022

Boom Brand 2013 - Flint and Tinder -- New York Magazine - Nymag

Founded: 2011 Age of CEO: 35 World records he holds: Five (plus the most successful Kickstarter fashion campaign to date) Lesson: Don’t stop self-promoting.

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20.05.2022

Boom Brands 2013 - The Meatball Shop -- New York Magazine - Nymag

First restaurant founded: 2010 Total restaurants: 5 Valuation: About $20 million Lesson: There’s a large market for drunk, late-night eating.

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20.05.2022

Boom Brands 2013 - Amanda Palmer -- New York Magazine - Nymag

Amount requested on Kickstarter to fund her 2012 album: $100,000 Amount received: $1.2 million Number of views of her TED talk on the subject: 2.9 million Lesson: Artists should be shameless.

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20.05.2022

Boom Brands 2013 - Airbnb -- New York Magazine - Nymag

Sept. 27, 2013AirbnbByJoe CoscarelliPhotos: Shop Architects and James Corner Field Operations (Domino); Courtesy of Airbnb (Apartment)Founded:2008Total guests:8.5 millionGuests who stayed in castles this weekend:123Lesson:Apartment-swapping can be role-play.“Airbnb was really born from a math proble

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20.05.2022

Martine Rothblatt Is the Highest-Paid Female CEO in America. She Was Also Born Male. -- New York Magazine

Futurist, pharma tycoon, satellite entrepreneur, philosopher. Martine Rothblatt, the highest-paid female executive in America, was born male. But that is far from the thing that defines her. Just ask her wife. Then ask the robot version of her wife.

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20.05.2022

Boom Brands 2013 - Saw on Etsy -- New York Magazine - Nymag

Age of owner, Sawyer Devuyst: 28 Number of pieces commissioned by the Wythe Hotel: 192 Lesson: Epitomize an aesthetic.

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20.05.2022

Boom Brands 2013 - Chipotle and Taco Bell -- New York Magazine - Nymag

Chipotle U.S stores: Over 1,500 Change in stock value since 2008: +594% Revenue in 2012: $2.7 billion Lesson: Ethically minded food sells.

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20.05.2022

Boom Brands 2013 - Xi’an Famous Foods -- New York Magazine - Nymag

Founded: 2005 Employees: 30 Wait time for midtown lunch: 30 minutes. Lesson: Flushing has a lot to teach Manhattan.

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20.05.2022

Boom Brands 2013 - Quirky -- New York Magazine - Nymag

Founded: 2009 Products available: 100 Products to be introduced between now and December: approximately 25 Lesson: People will contribute really terrific brainstorms for a 4 percent share.

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20.05.2022

Boom Brands 2013 - Sofar Sounds -- New York Magazine - Nymag

Founded: 2009 Private concerts every day: 1 Ratio of applicants to guests: 8:1 Lesson: Tiny can be big.

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