February 2012
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“Cohen’s eight person start-up [Coursekit] is just one of hundreds of start-ups...”
– Tech Start-Ups Choosing New York City Over Silicon Valley (CNBC)
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Silicon Valley Sets Up Shop in New York: Facebook,... →
Feb 21st
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“The plan is to start operating more or less immediately. We’re starting to look...”
– Cornell’s Dean Huttenlocher, in an interview with TechCrunch on expanding into NYC and building a tech ecosystem.
Feb 21st
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WatchWatch
On CBS News, find out how one alumna of our JumpStart NYC program landed her new job at a small company. Learn more about this 3-month educational program created by NYCEDC and SUNY Levin Insitute that helps out-of-work, mid-career professionals transition to opportunities in NYC’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Feb 21st
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Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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Artist as Entrepreneur on Forbes.com
Drew Hansen writes about the Artist as Entrepreneur program on the Forbes website: Katy Rubin, Founding Artistic Director of Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, participated in a recent [New York Foundation for the Arts] NYFA [Artist as Entrepreneur] Bootcamp. She learned that business can be creative, too. “Before Bootcamp, I thought that business was vaguely evil. As an artist, I was required to...
Feb 16th
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Mayor Bloomberg Announces New Dean of...
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced that Professor Daniel P. Huttenlocher, Cornell University’s Dean of Computing and Information Sciences, has been named Cornell Vice Provost and founding Dean of the university’s historic tech campus, home of the Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute. Cathy Dove, currently associate dean in Cornell’s College of Engineering, will co-lead the campus as...
Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 15th
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Social Media Week Panel: NYC's Digital Growth
NYC’s Digital Growth through Public Private Sector Innovation: The Role of Government in Fostering NYC’s Digital Growth Friday, February 17, 4:00pm – 5:00pm Content Hub: Business & Innovation (Bloomberg LP, 731 Lexington Avenue between 58th and 59th Sts) Register for the free event today! Speakers: Kristy Sundjaja, NYCEDC, Senior Director, Head of Industry Transformation (moderator) ...
Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 13th
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NYC OpenData: NYC Colleges and Universities →
nycopendata: Mayor Bloomberg often touts the fact that NYC has more college students than Boston has people. Below is a map showing NYC’s 76 colleges and universities, created from NYC OpenData. <a…
Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
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The ChallengePost Blog: A record number of apps in... →
challengepostblog: NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunication Commissioner Carole Post kicked off Social Media Week yesterday with the opening of public voting for NYC BigApps 3.0. Nearly 100 eligible apps were submitted this year — a record high in the history of BigApps…
Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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“Design Entrepreneurs NYC is one of six initiatives under Bloomberg’s Fashion NYC...”
– “NYC and FIT Launch Mini-MBA Program For Fashion Designers,” Forbes
Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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“Football is not the only competition in which New York is thumping Boston. For...”
– “New York Beats Boston (Again),” Crain’s New York Business
Feb 7th
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Feb 7th
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“NYCEDC’s social media presence reflects the entrepreneurial spirit of economic...”
– Prof. Anthony Rotolo of the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University (via Rotolo Class) Read the rest of his case study on NYCEDC’s social media. Thanks for the kind words!
Feb 6th
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DNAinfo spotlights one of our latest initiatives: The EDC is offering up to $1 million to the best proposal for a regular outdoor light show in the Financial District — an offer that drew more than 100 people to an informational meeting on Jan. 13. “I’ve never seen a response that big to a [request for proposal] we put out,” said Ali Davis, assistant vice president at the EDC....
Feb 6th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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Join Bklyn: 3rd WARD New Culinary Incubator →
joinbklyn: If you aren’t already wowed by the food in Brooklyn, then 3rd WARD will now definitely be playing a major role in changing your mind. As part of New York City’s incubator network, 3rd WARD just introduced its new culinary incubator. The incubator will offer great classes in culinary…
Feb 2nd
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