Numerous entrepreneurs either come from or live and work in New York City. These are examples of just three who are famous throughout the world.

Josephine Esther Mentzer—Estée Lauder—was born in Queens, New York in 1946 and learned assertive selling techniques, promotion of quality in products, attention to the appearance of the product, and perfectionism from helping in her father’s hardware store. She acquired her skills in producing lotions and skin creams from an uncle who was a famous European skin specialist. As his apprentice, she helped him develop new products using natural ingredients.

She married Joseph Lauder and they founded Estée Lauder, Inc. in 1946. The initial beauty products they created were skin treatments, rouge, and makeup. Advertising agencies didn’t want the account with its budget of only $50,000. The Lauders decided to provide samples to those attending fashion shows and through mailings. It worked well to establish their company. By 1973 they had sales of $100,000 and employed 1,000+ people. Sales of cosmetics and fragrances by Estée Lauder became international by 1960.

Estée Lauder’s products continued an emphasis on quality skin care and skin protection. These products were sold only in high end stores to maintain quality appeal. The company went public in 1995. In the 21st century Estée Lauder products have widened sales into 140 countries with annual sales of about $8 billion. She is considered the richest self-make business woman in the world.

Donald John Trump was also born in Queens in 1946. His parents sent him to the New York Military Academy in his teens, hoping the discipline there would channel his assertive energies in a positive direction. Trump became an athletic star and a student leader by his graduation in 1964. He then entered Fordham University before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Finance where he graduated in 1968 with his degree in economics.

Donald Trump began living in Manhattan where he became convinced that economic opportunities were ripe for development. Using attractive architectural designs, he began winning public recognition for his projects. By 1971 he had begun work on several profitable building projects in Manhattan. He specialized in constructing and managing middle income apartment complexes in Brooklyn, Staten Island and Queens. With the opening of the Grand Hyatt Hotel, situated in Midtown Manhattan, in 1980, Trump became the best known and most controversial developer in the city.

Trump’s net worth plummeted when the real estate market declined in 1990. An infusion of large amounts of money procured through loans was necessary to keep his business from collapsing. His business acumen helped his reemerge from almost $900 million in the red to being worth $2 billion by 1997.

Marian Banker became an entrepreneur later in her life. She was born in New York City where she still resides with her family. She was recently nominated for a Small Business Influencer Award by Gurus. Banker is a passionate coach regarding her work and leads in client success. Marian was already a seasoned executive and professional when she started sharing her expertise with her clients through “Prime Strategies” in 1996.

Prime Strategies gives the local small business community coaching, training and consulting in business leadership. Banker’s plain English style of training works well for all small business owners. She publishes a monthly online magazine: Small Business Leader. The publication has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and services subscribers worldwide. Banker was a resource coach for the SBA sponsored Springboard 2001 Venture Capital Conference for Women in New York City.

When most people think of the fashion industry, they think about New York. The fashion industry is a vital part of New York City. The city has more headquarters of fashion retailers and designers than any other city in the country. The city is at the center of American fashion offering large pools of unmatched talent. New York is home to more than 75 leading fashion shows and thousands of showrooms. New York attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. The nation’s leading fashion schools are also located in New York.

The fashion industry emerged in New York City in the 1800’s, when the city was a hub of clothing manufacturing activity. Now the industry is the most prominent sector in New York. It is one of the small numbers of industries that compel considerable wholesale activity, direct employment and visitor spending. New York City has always been the preeminent capital of global fashion and serves as the headquarters to more than 875 fashion companies and hosts one of the four major biannual fashion weeks.

Fashion week is one of the most visible and important components of the fashion industry in New York City. The two fashion weeks have increased in size over the last 15 years from 32,000 attendees to an estimated 230,000 attendees every year of which 50 percent are out-of-town visitors. Throughout the city fashion week produces 466 million dollars in visitor spending or 233 million dollars each week. Thousands of fashion insiders gather in New York during fashion week to see fashions most respected and talented designers present their collections. In addition, the city is the hub of fashion design, boasting a number of top design schools.

The unique thing in New York, regarding the fashion industry is that all elements of the industry are served on a big scale. With well over 5,000 wholesale showrooms, no other city even comes close to New York City, in terms of concentration of manufacturers, fashion and apparel brands. The garment center is the showroom core of New York City. Trade shows and showrooms draws over 578,000 annual visits to the city.

Many famous labels and top designers originated in New York City. The labels and top fashion names include numerous industry giants such as Calvin Cline, Leslie Fay, Kenneth Cole, Ellen Tracey, Isaac Mizrahi, Anne Kline, Ralph Lauren, Ocean Bay, Betsey Jonson, Bill Blass, Vera Wang, Michael Kors, Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, Ellen Tracy and Nicole Miller, as well as many others. The city is also flagship to a number of major department stores including Bergdorf Goodman, Macy’s, Barney’s, Saks Fifth Ave and Bloomingdale’s.

The unique thing in New York, regarding the fashion industry is that all elements of the industry are served on a big scale. With well over 5,000 wholesale showrooms, no other city even comes close to New York City, in terms of concentration of manufacturers, fashion and apparel brands. The garment center is the showroom core of New York City. Trade shows and showrooms draws over 578,000 annual visits to the city.

The fashion industry is a large and crucial contributor to New York City’s economy. The fashion industry in New York employs 173,000 individuals, which represents 5.6 percent of the city’s employment generating nearly 10 billion dollars in total wages per year. Tax revenues from the fashion industry generate 1.7 billion dollars per year. Fashion manufacturing accounts for 30 percent of all manufacturing jobs in the city, and the wholesale market represents 26 percent of the United States wholesale market. The fashion market in New York is one of the largest in the nation, generating over 15 billion dollars in annual sales.

New York shopping is a popular and a dearly loved pastime for both visitors and residents. There are enough retail stores to keep even the most devoted shoppers extremely busy. New York City is a Mecca for discerning fashionistas and clothing connoisseurs. The city has an undeniable appeal for shoppers from around the globe. In New York, when it comes to shopping your options are limitless, it is a shopper’s paradise.

The retail industry in the United States is vast. More than 14 million individuals are employed by retailers. That is more than 12 percent of the entire workforce. In the United States, there are over 1 million retail businesses currently in operation with a total of 4.7 trillion dollars in sales.

New York City is arguably the fashion capital of the world. The retail industry based there generates over 13 million dollars in sales, annually. From sales clerks to warehouse workers, there are over 270,000 New Yorkers, who work in retail establishments. This figure excludes drinking and eating establishments. The sector accounts for approximately 7.6 percent of the city’s total employment. In New York, you will find many of the best retail stores in the world. It is an amazing place for shopping.

The retail industry in New York has many famous exclusive shops from the edgy Barneys to the iconic Tiffany’s. Barneys is a famous high-end shop that has the final word in edgy fashion. Bloomingdales features trendy American made fashion brands and Macy’s is the shopping spot for essentials from all the big designer brands. These famous shops are known throughout the world for luxury and superior service.

Madison Avenue in the Midtown East area of New York is home to some of the most extravagant shops in the country. Madison Avenue has become a shopping haven for locals, as well as tourists. There are plenty of luxurious shops including some of the world’s most upscale boutiques, hair salons and jewelers. This historical avenue embraces the diversity of the city by maintaining lots of spirit and charm.

There are many exclusive boutiques in the city from high-end to vintage to cutting edge, as well as classy boutiques that have been in business for generations. Shopping at the famous Emilio Pucci Boutique is the place to go to find whimsical designs. The Yves Saint Laurent Boutique offers the designers signature collection and is one of the most recognized names in contemporary fashion.

The fashion capital of the world cannot help, but be the shopping capital, as well. New York City is the place to go for famous jewelers, such as Tiffany & Co and sophisticated department stores like Bergdorf’s, Saks and Bendel’s, which carry all the high-end brands anyone would want. These elite department stores are filled with both American and European designer clothes.

Many distinguished retail stores are in midtown Manhattan, and they are collectively referred to as the Fifth Avenue District. This shopping area offers the most stunning collection of designers. Aside from traditional department stores, there are smaller shops that cater to all shopping desires, from trendy boutiques to vintage shops to specialty shops. Armani Exchange in midtown is an exclusive shop that features classic, timeless fashions and perhaps the best suits on earth for men. Designers know that they have arrived, when they get a flagship store on the fashion-famous Fifth Avenue.

New York City is a diverse metropolis with towering landmarks and fabulous culture that offers unrivaled attractions, theatres, hotels, museums, entertainment, restaurants and of course shopping. In 2010, the city had a total of over 48.5 million visitors and total visitor spending from tourism totaled 31.4 billion dollars. New York City has a very large number of shops, whether it is fashionable Madison Avenue or the exclusive 5th Avenue, the city offers incredible shopping for everybody.

History

Central Park was not originally a part of the development scheme of New York City. In the early 1800s, the population of the city was not expected to expand so fast as to necessitate a designated public park space. However, the population explosion in New York of the mid-1800s led to a growing need for an open public space where people could escape the noise and chaos of city life. In 1853, the state legislature set aside 700 acres of land for use as the new grand park space of New York City. This was due primarily to extensive lobbying by wealthy New York City residents and many articles written on the subject in the New York Post. This led to the creation of the Central Park Commission that would be in charge of the park’s development.

In 1857, the Commission selected a design for the park that had been created by Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux. The design was unique in its use of separated circulation routes for different types of traffic. This was the first time that a park in the United States used concealed roadways to hide non-foot traffic in order to maintain a “natural” feel.

There were people living within the confines of the area set aside for Central Park. These were mostly low-income inhabitants and the destitute. The legislature enacted the rule of eminent domain to legally clear all of the inhabitants from the area. Some were given other accommodations while others were simply evicted and sent on their way. Some village areas were leveled to make way for the park.

The park was finished by 1873 and had become the largest public park construction project in United States history. The construction of the park saw some of the first instances of machines displacing manual labor workforces outside of a factory setting. Mechanical tree movers were used instead of the teams of men that had customarily been hired for such work. More than 18,000 cubic yards of soil were transported to the park due to the supposed “infertile” nature of the soil that was already on site. They also transplanted some 1,500 species of plants to the site and removed millions of tons of rocks and poor soil.

Popularity and Use

Central Park is one of the most heavily used areas of New York City and is visited by nearly 38 million visitors every year. The majority of these visitors are tourists from other parts of the country or world that take part in one of the many historical tours of the park. It is a popular recreational site for New York City residents. There are numerous baseball fields, running trails, rock climbing locations, and other recreational opportunities throughout Central Park. Vehicle traffic is prohibited on the roadways of Central Park after 7 pm every day of the week. This makes these roadways very popular with runners, walkers, and cyclists.

It was recently estimated that the real estate comprising Central Park is worth roughly $528,783,552,000. This number was reached by assessing the standard property values in Manhattan and the many facilities that are currently in use throughout the park.

The popularity of the park has grown significantly over the past ten years and multi-use recreational opportunities have expanded. This is credited largely to efforts taken by the city to stop crimes from occurring in the park. Central Park was commonly avoided at certain times of day due to the threat of crime. Crimes committed in Central Park have dropped some 90% over the course of these anti-crime measures coming into place.

New York City is known as the cultural epicenter of the western world. There are more artists here than can be found in nearly any other city in the world. As such, it stands to reason that there would be many different museums and libraries here. There are some museums and libraries that are almost a necessity in the itinerary of any visit to New York City.

The Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim Museum is one of the most famous museums in the world and is renowned as one of the most significant buildings in New York City. The New York City branch of the Guggenheim, in Manhattan, is only one of many branches around the world. They carry everything here from film exhibits to modern art exhibits. The Guggenheim opened in 1959 and was designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is located in midtown Manhattan. The museum is a major contributor to modern art and is credited as one of the most important modern art museums in the world. It maintains an enormous collection of works from a large variety of media. This is not limited to simply modern art photography and paintings. There is also a very large collection of modern architectural designs housed here. The museum has exhibited artwork by Salvadore Dali, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Vincent van Gogh, and many other famous artists.

The Whitney Museum of American Art
“The Whitney” is a museum located on Madison Avenue that specializes in 20th and 21st century American art. It tries to only carry works by artists that are still living. The Whitney was established in 1929 by famed sculptor Gertrude Whitney. Its emphasis on recent art by living artists has made the Whitney a great place for unknown artists to get their work seen.

The New York Public Library
Many people consider the New York Public Library to be one of the most beautiful buildings in New York City. Its Gothic style of architecture makes it a very popular architectural study piece for students. It is the second largest library in the country behind the Library of Congress. The first Gutenberg Bible in the Americas was enshrined here very early on in its history. The library itself was not established until the late 1800’s when the Astor and Lennox libraries were merged into one.

The Morgan Library and Museum
The Morgan Library is a research library located in New York City on Madison Avenue. It was originally intended to be a private research facility that housed many different rare and precious manuscripts. The library was turned into a public facility in 1924 by John Morgan, Jr. The museum is centered around the many rare manuscripts housed at the facility. The Morgan Library and Museum was named a National Historic Landmark in 1966.

The Elmer Bobst Library
The Bobst Library is the main campus library of New York University. It is located at Washington Square South and is a fairly unremarkable building that resembles a box. The library was built in 1972 from a design by Richard Foster and Philip Johnson and is one of the largest academic libraries in the country. It is by far the largest academic library in the city of New York. The library contains nearly 3.5 million different volumes of books on every subject imaginable. It is estimated that over 6500 individual users visit the library on any given day.

Museum of the City of New York
This museum is centered around both art and historical museum exhibitions. It was founded in 1923 and its original purpose was to present the history of New York City to the citizens of the city. Most of the artistic pieces that it has on exhibit are related in some way to the history of New York City. This could be anything from portraits of famous residents to paintings of famous events in New York City History. The building it currently occupies was designed by Joseph Freedlander and was completed in 1930. The museum contains a number of historical items such as furniture from the home of John D. Rockefeller.

10. GE Building
The GE building is located in Midtown Manhattan, and is considered an art deco masterpiece. It is located specifically at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, which has led to it being referred to “30 Rock” colloquially. The building is 850 feet tall, and is the 33rd tallest building in the entire United States. It is most famously the home of the television network NBC, and it has been featured prominently in many television shows and movies throughout the years.

9. Trump World Tower
Trump World Tower is a residential building, and it stands as the tallest all-residential building in both the city of New York and the United States as a whole. It is listed as the 79th tallest building in the world, and was widely opposed by many officials and television commentators in the lead-up to its construction. It has 72 floors, but there are 90 floor buttons on the elevator panels.

8. 8 Spruce Street
The 8 Spruce Street building is also known as “New York by Gehry” after its architect Frank Gehry. The building is 870 feet tall, and is built with a unique glass/steel facade that resembles rippling water. 8 Spruce Street functions as a residential building, with 898 units being housed within its walls.

7. Citigroup Center
The Citigroup Center building is commonly referred to as simply “601 Lexington Avenue”, and was opened in 1977. An air of controversy surrounded the construction of the building when it was discovered that the building was constructed with an engineering flaw. Engineers did not account for “quartered” wind pressure, on the building, resulting in a 160% greater amount of pressure on joints than was intended.

6. 40 Wall Street
40 Wall Street is a 70 story skyscraper in Manhattan. The building was designed by H. Craig Severance, with construction being completed in 1930. One of the most interesting aspects of this building is that construction was completed after only 11 months. It was the tallest building in the world for only one month, when it was beaten out in height by the Chrysler Building.

5. American International Building
The American International Building was constructed in 1932 to serve as an office center. The building was constructed by the Cities Service Company with many design elements that are intended to portray the building as a snow-capped mountain. As a result, the building was originally known as the Cities Service Building, and has been the tallest building in the downtown area for much of the past 100 years.

4. New York Times Building
One of the youngest buildings in the New York City skyline, the New York Times Building is actually home to a number of different publishing companies. It also serves as an office center for other, non-publishing related businesses. Completed in 2007, the building cost $850 million. It has 52 floors, however some of the floors are taller than traditional floors to accommodate for retail space.

3. Chrysler Building
The Chrysler building was completed in 1930, and it is known as one of the largest examples of art deco that can be found in the world. It was the tallest building in the world in the 11 months between its completion and that of the Empire State Building. It was paid for entirely out of pocket by Walter Chrysler so that his children would inherit it after he died.

2. Bank of America Tower
The Bank of America Tower cost upwards of $1 billion to complete, and is one of the most uniquely designed buildings dominating the Manhattan skyline. After its completion in 2009, the tower was profiled on the National Geographic program “Megastructures”. In 2010, it was named the “Best Tall Building in the Americas” by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

1. Empire State Building
The Empire State Building was the tallest building in New York City until the completion of the World Trade Center. After the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, the Empire State Building was once again the tallest building in New York. It is designed in the art deco style, and is considered a cultural icon of New York, which has bestowed “landmark” status to it.

Every year the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene makes surprise checks on each restaurant in the New York City area, including Manhattan’s Chelsea, Midtown and Theatre Districts, to ensure their sanitation standards are of an acceptable level. Each dining establishment is then rated from an A to C grade by the New York City Department of Health inspectors.

We would certainly advise you check the interactive NYTimes restaurant ratings map before eating anywhere in New York, as it shows how many violations each restaurant has committed along with information on dining establishments with pest or insect infestations! The restaurant ratings map is updated every couple of weeks so you can keep an eye on what’s going on in your neighborhood and you can search by cuisine, grade and violation type.

The New York City Health Department inspectors check a number of issues, including food temperature, food handling and personal hygiene of staff, pest control and improper use of chemicals. Each restaurant is then given a letter grade that corresponds to the level they have been judged at, along with a description of any violations.

According to the The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, violations fall into three different categories, public health hazards, critical violations and general violations. Public health hazards are given a minimum of seven points and a restaurant may be closed down by the Health Department until the issue is resolved. A critical violation is given a minimum of five points and a general violation will receive a minimum of two points.

References: NYTimes and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Every year, PricewaterhouseCoopers hires on about 2800 interns, and they pay very handsomely as far as internships go. They may not pay the most, but they are one of the most sought after internships in the entire country, let alone New York City. Most of the popularity is due to the fact that PricewaterhouseCoopers has kept much more respectability during the housing and financial crisis than other accounting firms in New York City. PricewaterCooper has its head offices  in Manhattan.

Ernst and Young

The Ernst and Young internship is highly prized, with one of the higher hourly wages of the New York City internships on this list. They pay a total of $9000 for the duration of the internship, and a whopping 98% of their interns go on to find full time employment. They hire around 2200 interns a year and you can apply for the internship through their website.

Deloitte and Touche

The third accounting firm on this list, Deloitte and Touche is one of the lesser known accounting businesses offering internships on this list. While they may not be well known, their internship is one of the most sought after in the city, with almost 1200 interns taken on every year. You can apply for the internship via their website or contact them at their offices in the Garment District.

Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs is the infamous investment banking firm that just about everyone has heard of by now. Despite their history, Goldman Sachs has remained one of the most highly prized internships in the city, and offers some of the hightest pay out of all the internships here. They hire very selectively, so you should apply at their website as soon as applications are accepted. Goldman Sachs head offices can be found in the Wall Street area.

KPMG

KPMG, situated in Midtown Manhattan, is another accounting firm, and it offers quite a few benefits that make it very popular to those seeking out an internship. KPMG’s internship program pays about $8500 for the term, and comes with a notoriously high level of on-the-job training. People mostly come to KPMG for the experience it provides with its internship, and you can apply through your school or their website.

JP Morgan

As an investment bank, JP Morgan has grown into one of the most powerful businesses in the world. The interns at JP Morgan benefit from the highest pay of any other intern in New York City, raking in almost $15000 after their internship. This high pay means that they expect the best, and the application process for this internship is extremely strict. If you want to get into this internship, then you need to get your application in on time, without any errors. You can do this through their website.

Merrill Lynch

There are a lot of reasons that interns come to Merrill Lynch for their internship. One of the biggest reasons is honestly the exclusivity of the internship program. Merrill Lynch, with offices in the Theatre District, hires on some of the fewest interns of any other Investment Bank, but they pay handsomely at about $12000 for the internship.

Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers hires on a little over 500 interns for its program every year. Interns at Lehman Brothers can expect to make about $29 an hour here, which will work out to around $12000 for the duration of the internship. This is the highest hourly pay of any other internship in New York City. To apply, you can either go through your college career counselor or apply online directly through their website.

Accenture

Accenture is a consulting firm, and they have a competitive internship program that is the most popular in the city for consulting internships. They only hire on 125 interns a year in this work-oriented internship, and they pay handsomely for the internship. Their website is the best place to apply, since they are constantly changing the requirements for application.

L’Oreal USA

Famed consumer goods company L’Oreal hires on around 100 interns for its internship program. Their pay is classified as “mid-range” for the higher-end internships in New York City, with pay being around $10000 during the internship. The biggest perk of this internship is the experience it gives you working with an international consumer goods business, and the internship helps you to get accustomed to many aspects of doing business in this arena.

Some people may think that working remotely can easily be abused, that you may not start work till lunch time or could be watching television instead of writing those reports.

It is important that you work the same office hours of everyone else in your workplace. If you’re travelling you need to let your office know when and where you can be reached, taking into account time zone differences if applicable.

Having set targets and goals will ensure that both you and your boss know that everything is getting done as it should, along with regular communication and team meetings. With instant messaging and the new generation of mobile phones with email capabilities this makes keeping in touch even easier.