{"id":1528,"date":"2010-12-06T15:52:43","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T15:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2010-12-06T15:52:43","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T15:52:43","slug":"new-york-citys-overwhelming-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2010\/12\/06\/new-york-citys-overwhelming-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City\u2019s Overwhelming Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>I grew up around New York.\u00a0 New York was and always will be \u201cThe City\u201d.\u00a0 I think you can be more than 500 miles from New York and if referring to \u201cthe city\u201d you still mean New York, even if 100 cities lie between you and New York.\u00a0 But I haven\u2019t lived in or around New York (unless you count Boston and DC) as an adult.\u00a0 Now, spending a bit more quality time in the city, I\u2019ve come to respect and admire it in a much different way.\u00a0\u00a0 As an entrepreneur.<\/p>\n

Whenever I visit the city, I\u2019m torn between wanting to look like a local and wanting to appreciate the city in all its beauty.\u00a0 Locals aren\u2019t gawking upward at the magnitude of the skyscrapers.\u00a0 But I am.\u00a0 I\u2019m at once overwhelmed by the sheer amount of commerce that takes place in such a small geographic area, the beauty of the diverse architecture, and the will and energy of the bustling crowds.\u00a0 And now, looking at it from an entrepreneurial vantage, I can\u2019t help but be taken by the notion of how much business there might be to gain with just a wee bit of effort.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It seems to me one could spend a year tackling the businesses that call home to one single office tower on one city block in Manhattan.\u00a0 For a small business like mine, there\u2019s no reason to believe I will make much progress on Fortune 100 or Fortune 500 companies who make up a fair share of the real estate in these gleaming office towers.\u00a0 But how about the 22nd<\/sup> floor of the building on the corner that has a dozen office suites, each a boutique business not dissimilar from my own?\u00a0 I bet they could use my services.\u00a0 And what if only one of every twenty businesses could indeed utilize me?\u00a0 Then I\u2019d only find one new client every other floor?\u00a0 And in a building with 50 floors?\u00a0 Could I not stand to gain 25 new clients?\u00a0 And that\u2019s just one building!\u00a0<\/p>\n

The math here is only a little far-fetched.\u00a0 But the hyperbole here does make a point.\u00a0 With some dedication, an entrepreneur might be able to uncover many hidden fortunes up and down the limitless commercial thoroughfares that make up the island of Manhattan.\u00a0 And I\u2019m poised to uncover whether or not that\u2019s true.<\/p>\n

After spending last New Year\u2019s in southeastern Minnesota, I\u2019m more convinced than ever that the world absolutely revolves around New York.\u00a0 At 11:00p CST, yes one hour before the New Year would take effect in the town I was celebrating, we celebrated the New Year!\u00a0 Noisemakers, party favors and kisses galore \u2013 Happy New Year!\u00a0 And then an hour to go.\u00a0 When the ball drops in Times Square, it\u2019s the New Year even one time zone west.\u00a0 Then they replay the hour of entertainment for all those parties interested in celebrating their New Year at the actual moment.\u00a0 How is that explained other than New York is the center of the universe?<\/p>\n

I love DC, I do.\u00a0 But I\u2019m infatuated with New York.\u00a0 Dare I call it an obsession.\u00a0 And every time I get wind of her, I\u2019m considering an affair.\u00a0 It seems inevitable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I grew up around New York.\u00a0 New York was and always will be \u201cThe City\u201d.\u00a0 I think you can be more than 500 miles from New York and if referring to \u201cthe city\u201d you still mean New York, even if 100 cities lie between you and New York.\u00a0 But I haven\u2019t lived in or around […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew York City\u2019s Overwhelming Quality - hotel-lobbyists.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2010\/12\/06\/new-york-citys-overwhelming-quality\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New York City\u2019s Overwhelming Quality - 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