Both for better and for worse, the way we work in the new digital age is changing fast. The freedom to work anywhere is causing us to work everywhere. But are we really being productive (getting shit done) or creative (having original ideas), both of which are essential to building a strong business. 

Without further ado and after months of work, I am happy to announce to you; the New York City Innovation Collective.

Season Two of Ambition Today is happy to welcome Niv Dror, head of social media for Product Hunt. Niv boasts in impressive resume in both startups and finance, stemming from his education at UC Santa Barbara.

At the start of every new cohort of Founder Institute New York I like to share some of my favorite news sources with the founders. I am going to share them here too!  

I am excited to announce that Monday of this week eight new companies have graduated from Founder Institute New York.

The iPhone is officially ten years old this week. I know, I can't believe it has been ten years either...

Life is what you make of it and being as I only have a limited number of years to live I refuse to declare one of them sucked. So with that I wanted to reflect on the wins of 2016! 

In keeping with last weeks' real estate theme, Episode 25 of Ambition Today finds us across the table from Joe Fairless, Real Estate Investor and Host of the Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever Show. 

Any amount of research into the seemingly eternal-growing market of real estate investment will almost surely make one familiar with Matt Rodak, Founder and CEO of Fund That Flip. 

Snapchat has come a long way to become the spectacle it is today. As the oldest brother of four I still remember when Snapchat was known exclusively by only my youngest brother, still in high school at the time. 

It is time for a consciously fresh perspective. I have always been extremely curious about what is happening in the world around me. In college I mixed that curiosity with scientific analysis when I majored in Cognitive neuroscience... 

Over the last 30 years Howard Love has founded 15 companies and invested in over 50 early stage startups. His new book "The Startup J Curve" organizes his experience into the 6 phases startups go through as they grow. Howard also is the Founder & CEO of LoveToKnow, a digital publishing firm with over 30 million monthly visitors.

I am going to ask you to take a step back from all the noise and distractions around this election. To find even three to five quiet minutes to stop what your doing and think clearly about what you really want our country to be over the next four years and beyond. 

Founder Institute New York 12 includes new companies from across several industries such as virtual reality, international food, HR-tech, weddings, fashion, social media, and more.

I grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo and started driving as soon as I could. I paid off my first car while bartending in college and grew up being used to having the freedom of, if you just want to go somewhere, you simply get in your car and go there.  As of today, I think I might finally have that freedom back! 

Kelly Roach is the founder of Kelly Roach Coaching and host of the Unstoppable Success Radio podcast. With a resume of NFL cheerleader, fitness enthusiast, and mother, Kelly doesn’t exactly fit the usual business coach profile. 

The godfather of social media, Jonathan Abrams, joins us on this episode of Ambition Today. He is now the founder & CEO of Nuzzel, a new platform to discover the top news from your friends and influencers.