My First Business Died - But It Helped Make My Next Company a Success
When government policies and decisions killed my buzzy New York startup, I learned to build a better (and more sustainable) operation.
In 2016, New York City made an announcement that locals had been dreading: Starting in 2019, the L train subway tunnel — a major connection between Manhattan and Brooklyn — would shut down for 18 months of repairs. It would be so disruptive that people actually moved to different neighborhoods in order to be closer to a functioning subway line come 2019.
