Silicon Alley

How Software Ate the Consumer Goods Industry

Digital-born consumer brands like Dollar Shave Club, Bonobos, Warby Parker, Allbirds and Casper have burst onto the scene in recent years. It's no coincidence that so many are in New York, that investors in NY...

Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson on the Next Wave of Tech Hubs

Does adding "Silicon" before a community's name make it a better place for tech? Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson would answer with a resounding "No," saying the practice is one of his personal pet peeves. Dickerson...

A16Z’s Chris Dixon on the Internet of Locks, Cars, New York, and Everything Else

Chris Dixon is a New York guy with a degree in philosophy from Columbia University. He’s also, as of last fall, a partner at hot Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (which shortens its...