"I'm a big public transportation buff so I'll use an analogy from the subway," says New Yorker Allen Stern, founder of the popular CenterNetworks tech blog, in The Deal's Behind the Money video interview. "If you try to get on the Lexington line during rush hour it's kind of hard, but you just have to push your way on. I think it's the same thing for entrepreneurs. If they want coverage from press or investors, you have to push your way on."

Stern doesn't pull any punches on his blog -- or in The Deal's Behind the Money video interview, in which he talks about mistakes he thinks entrepreneurs and investors have been making recently, including the knee-jerk cost-cutting he sees many venture capitalists pressuring their portfolio companies to do.

Stern also shares his thoughts about the New York technology community and the need for more support for tech entrepreneurs here. "Hats off to Nate," he says about Nate Westheimer, the newly elected organizer of NY Tech Meetup, whom we profile in this week's issue of The Deal magazine.

"In general," says Stern, "New York technology just needs to step up and stand up and talk about what they're doing." -- Mary Kathleen Flynn

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