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Truth, Fiction and Media Literacy

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Media Literacy Educator / Sacred Heart University. Critical thinking, critical discourse and — frankly — critical understanding of our media-laden world are essential, universal skills. This balance has been threatened even further by media giants who may not consider the consequences of their actions.

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“Sanzo is at its best when we serve as a bridge across cultures for both AAPI and non-AAPI.” CEO Sandro Roco on building a beverage startup, what to avoid in influencer deals, & protecting the brand.

Hunter Walk

who believe in our mission of bridging cultures. HW: Sanzo prides itself on ‘Asian-inspired flavors’ – when you’re drawing from your own heritage and celebrating other regional fruits, how do you navigate marketing to consumers from those cultures versus trying to reach and educate non-Asian people? Thanks Sandro!

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VC Corner: Marlon Nichols, Cross Culture VC

Startup Grind

He has worked with several startups, invested in companies like Mayvenn, Gimlet Media, Blavity, Airspace Technologies, Codeverse, and many others Pitch your startup for a chance to meet with Cross Culture VC Q&A: What is your / your fund's mission? Thus, we invested in Fair and our thesis has proven correct to this point.

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Thinking About the Next Chief Digital Officer of New York City

This is going to be BIG.

The turnover would be detrimental to company culture. improving communication with residents and businesses by enhancing government transparency and working closely with digital media. This is the first time the City has hired someone to streamline digital media communications across a broad array of City agencies.

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@Shakeshack 3 Recap

This is going to be BIG.

When the votes were in, here’s how things stood: Top NYC tech recruiting firm Winter Wyman sponsored the award for Best Company Culture—citing the importance of understanding your own culture and maintaining a healthy environment as keys to hiring. Buddy Media and Yelp had single digit returns. Steven Messer brought in 15.4%

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Lessons for Brooklyn: Information Spillover at the Roots of NYC Tech

This is going to be BIG.

The "meetup" culture of NYC, where there are three great educational events to go to every night is how the community bootstrapped itself. We need more Brooklyn meetups, native media hubs like Dumbo NYC , and more connectedness between important stakeholders like NYU Poly, and the community. Information spillover.

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Bring Me Your Accents. Immigration Fuels Innovation

Both Sides of the Table

If you enjoy travel, language & culture as much as I do then buy all of Bill Bryson’s books and gobble them up. Still, his factual comments are tone deaf because they are lost in translation as they are amplified in the media and we have a responsibility to call that out and not tolerate bias.