Design & Tech

Why This Phone Isn’t Craving Your Attention All the Time

A Brooklyn startup called Light is showing how dumbing down may be the smart move in phones

By Michael Stahl

Design & Tech

When Tech Meets Real Estate, Construction Gets Smarter

Five startups show how their digital inventions can help development go faster and more efficiently

By Arden Phillips

Design & Tech

This Pot-friendly Startup Has a Brand Name You Won’t Forget

PussyWeed, an apparel-and-accessories business, is out to make a point about the gender gap in the cannabis space

By Michael Stahl

Real Estate

Who Says a Coworking Space Has to be Expensive?

Prosper Gowork, a Brooklyn-based startup, offers a $99 monthly fee by leaving out frills like yoga classes and happy hour

By Megan McGibney

Food & Drink

How to Get a Liquor License in Brooklyn Without a Fight

The process can be daunting, often fraught with NIMBY neighbors. Here's how savvy entrepreneurs play the game

By Michael Stahl

Design & Tech

Brooklyn Computer Science Students Win for ‘Most Creative’

Four high schoolers from Brooklyn Tech took the award at the largest computer-science fair in NYC history

By Arden Phillips

Design & Tech

A Doyenne of Denim Stages Her Comeback in Brooklyn

Judi Rosen was ahead of the curve with her figure-flattering, high-waisted jeans. Now she's making a splash in Greenpoint

By Angelica Frey

Design & Tech

Why Uber Is Buying This Brooklyn Bike Sharing Startup

The car-sharing giant acquires Jump, which operates fleets of dockless e-bikes, for a reported $200 million

By Arden Phillips

Real Estate

Making a Leap from Skateboard Maker to Real Estate Mogul

How Harley Courts built his Brooklyn firm Nooklyn into a tech-driven, apartment-rental powerhouse

By Michael Stahl

Design & Tech

Meet NYU Tandon’s New Dean, Its First Female Chief

Why the university chose this Carnegie Mellon professor to head its rising Brooklyn tech school

By Arden Phillips