Ben Smith

crazy to think that @goalhousenyc is now an OG coliving house in brooklyn. over 3 years of new friendships and experiences all in one IRL home. what a ride! ❤️

@ishand lmk!

tiktok just got banned in the us so i built a app to download all your tiktoks: - takes less than a minute - exports them as a zip file - easily upload to reels or shorts comment below for 100% free access

Just got in this brand new 34 inch monitor from @PhilipsSound !! Excited to use it!! And the team got new monitors too 🙏🏻🤝 including @bensmithnyc who helped film this one!! Thank u so much to Philips and Ben!! Grateful and I’m stoked to keep making things and talking about tech!! What monitor do you use?

@amiyoshimura_ @vercinyc love this

If you moved to NYC the past year, and are looking for an incredible consistent community and environment, this is for you: We just launched The Community Residency @vercinyc. Open to founders, technologists, creators, and creatives. more below

@jessicatshen so excited for this Jess!

This time, two years ago, I was sitting in a college apartment, with a full-time corporate job lined up in NYC, uninspired about my future. Today, I run a community for some of the most ambitious young Asian founders and creators across NYC and SF while heading operations at a fast growing seed-stage startup. I started off just writing a weekly newsletter, really out of frustration towards the college education system, a system designed to set people up for financial stability, but not so much for taking risks and pursuing your passions. So I started interviewing people who had done just that right out of college. Through my newsletter, I befriended some incredible founders and ended up living in a hacker house in SF over my summer. That's where I learned about the importance of community, especially navigating a journey as lonely as being a founder, and at such a young age. It was also the first time I had a community of people who shared the same values as me, and I got the urge to provide the same for others. When I moved to New York a few months later, @_JonWang hit me up to host an event together for New York Tech Week. So, only three days after moving to New York, while still sleeping on a mattress on the floor, we put together an event with over 500 sign-ups despite only having enough space for a fraction of that. Towards the end, several people approached me to express they never felt so at home at a tech event - where everyone shared the same type of upbringing, same stage in life, same challenges, same goals - where everyone just felt understood. That was the proof I needed to scale this up into something bigger. It’s insane to see how far this thing has come - I’ve hosted 20+ events, raised 5 figures in sponsorships, brought together hundreds of full-time founders and creators, and left my job in management consulting to work at @joinbloomapp, a consumer fintech startup whose founders I met along the journey. I’m thrilled to announce that we’re hosting our biggest event yet, @asian_founders second annual Lunar New Year Gala in just two weeks from now. Huge thanks to my team Jon @jayyzhu @timmytan18 @shihuaw for helping put this together, and the generous sponsorship of @jpmorgan @tryramp, Yuzu, Impact Food, and @pokeworksco. If you know any young AAPI founders or creators who might enjoy attending, please tag them in this post!

@vercinyc amazing space, amazing people, congrats!

We've extended our Soho lease. Our community has enjoyed the space so much that we're creating a permanent hub to continue supercharging their ambitions. Welcome to our long-term home for unconventional technologists, creatives, and creators: verci.com

everyone’s hosting a dinner these days. and I love it.

I was in a Jubilee video! Lmk if you have any questionsss youtube.com/watch?v=SjFeW_…

@andruyeung I’m in!

🌇 I'm throwing a rooftop tech mixer on June 6 in NYC. It's at a rooftop with stunning views of Manhattan! Join hundreds of other founders, operators, and investors for an evening of skyline views, conversation & connection. 👉 Comment (& follow me) so I can DM you details

Today, I sign the Respect for Marriage Act into law – a landmark civil rights bill that honors the courage and sacrifice of generations of couples who fought for marriage equality and equal rights.

yessss Yuta! bright spot of the @BrooklynNets

@jjeremycai any extra warm winter coats/parkas on the horizon?

"I'm gonna start a podcast" has turned into "I'm gonna start a newsletter".

@heydannymiranda Amazing points. I far more often will refer people to “Seth Godin’s podcast” rather than pointing them to “Akimbo”. A great host makes the show and a great host’s name is worth remembering. @ThisIsSethsBlog thoughts on the old naming game? #podcast

New free post: dannymiranda.substack.com/p/how-to-name-…

@heydannymiranda how’d you go about choosing your podcast name? Any thoughts for people starting new podcasts as it relates to naming/SEO?

@heydannymiranda very well deserved!

@bensmithnyc thanks for the support Ben :)

My podcast did 60,000+ plays in October Know anyone (or any company) who would consider sponsoring a month of episodes? Hit my DMs

@BecomingBen1 hey Ben! It's another Ben from YouTube and Brooklyn :o. I just emailed you, so pinging you here!

waiting to learn if this was all really just a BIG CORN ploy... #cornsong #itscorn @recess_therapy @Jshap_bar