April 2011
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The Royal Wedding’s Economic Impact
Everyone has royal wedding fever. But at NYCEDC, we’re most curious about the economic impact of the historic event in London. According to PwC’s survey, the commercial benefit to London from royal-wedding-related tourism is estimated to be upwards of $178 million, with over half a million visitors from the UK traveling to Central London and spending money on accommodations, transportation,...
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Digital Internship at NYC Mayor's Office →
rachelsterne:
Serve the public through technology - send your resume and cover letter to internships@media.nyc.gov to apply.
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For Lease: 125th Street Retail (Manhattan)
When President Obama comes to speak across the street (as he did just last month), you know you’re in a good location. We’re talking, of course, about our recently available 1,800 to 3,400 square-foot retail spaces on Harlem’s 125th Street. NYCEDC is looking for interested retail businesses to take advantage of these excellent retail opportunities. Some quick stats about the spaces:
Located in...
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Scream Zone Opens at Coney Island
It’s time to scream! We’re pumped that Scream Zone is opening this weekend, a brand new amusement park at Coney Island with four cutting-edge thrill rides that will operate alongside the year-old Luna Park, which opened for the 2011 season last weekend.
Visit www.coneyislandfunguide.com for this summer’s calendar of events
Introducing Soarin’ Eagle and Steeplechase, the first major roller...
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“I don’t want to do a profile, he told me by email. It’s not my thing”
– most definitely not my thing. it makes me grumpy
NYC Venture Capitalist Fred Wilson Is Rich and Grumpy | Adweek
(via fred-wilson)
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China to NYC
Attracting innovative, high-growth, and entrepreneurial companies to the City while retaining the talent already here is critical to New York City’s international standing. As part of our World to NYC program, this week – along with China Europe International Business School – we’re hosting a guest delegation of Chinese-based companies interested in expanding to New York City, to further promote...
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Your Thoughts on Entrepreneurship in NYC
We recently surveyed a group of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists about their thoughts on entrepreneurship and innovation in NYC, and we published the results on Tumblr.
Now we want to know what you think. You can complete the same survey (takes about 5-10 minutes) and next month we’ll post the results.
In the survey, you’ll answer questions like:
Are we in the midst of a tech bubble?
What...
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Coney Island Transformation
Take a look at last year’s amazing transformation of Coney Island’s Luna Park. Visit in person; Luna Park 2011 season opens tomorrow!
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NYC Ranked Top 'American City of the Future'
New York City took first place in fDi Magazine’s American Cities of the Future Awards 2011/12, followed by Chicago and Houston. New York City also claimed top prize in “North American City of the Future” for the second year running. The new ranking focuses on a mixture of data and expert opinion to rank cities that have the best prospects for inward investment, economic development,...
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Attracting Talent
By Elena Mayer, Ann Li, & Steven Strauss Center for Economic Transformation
Talent can be a major barrier for entrepreneurs. Projects like New York City’s efforts to open or expand a top-tier applied sciences research facility in the City are important long-term solutions, but short-term solutions must also be explored.
We recently held a workshop with key members of the venture capital and...
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Perceptions of Entrepreneurship in NYC
By Faiza Issa, Ann Li, & Steven Strauss Center for Economic Transformation Last month, NYCEDC participated in a workshop with prominent members of the venture capital and entrepreneurship community. Among the people who attended were: Fred Wilson (Managing General Partner, Union Square Ventures), Stuart Ellman (Managing Partner, RRE Ventures), Chris Fralic (Managing Partner, First Round...
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Quantifying Innovation: NYCEDC Innovation Index
We know anecdotally that there has been a big uptick in innovation activity in New York City in recent years, but how do we quantify it? Our economists have been hard at work devising a way to track innovation in New York City over time. Today, we are releasing the NYCEDC Innovation Index, which analyzes trends and factors that are driving innovation in the City, as well as what results from...
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NYC Next Idea Graduate Finalist: Indian Mephisto
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India Team: Mitesh Khadgi and Suraj Kumar Santosh
NYC Next Idea: Proposing a portable navigation and mobility guidance system for visually impaired pedestrians in New York City.
Why did you choose New York City to turn your idea into reality? New York City has the market to develop incubators and startups, since here, money is less of a problem, but...
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Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp: Apply Now
By Lushi Li, Kristy Sundjaja, and Steven Strauss The Artist as Entrepreneur exhibition, as part of NYFA Boot Camp Arts Festival, organized by participants as a result of the program. Photo courtesy of NYFA.
Last summer, our Center for Economic Transformation piloted the first Artist as Entrepreneur program for New York City-based visual and performing artists. We partnered with New York...
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NYC Next Idea Graduate Finalist: FoodShrink
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India Team: Amber Maheshwari, Anuj Dayal, Ashish Kaushik
NYC Next Idea: Building a mobile app to help people make smarter dietary choices.
Why did you choose NYC to turn your idea into reality? Other than being one of the world’s most cosmopolitan and fun cities, New York City also makes tremendous business sense for our idea. With a high density of...
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NYC Next Idea: The Final Round
We’re live-blogging the final round of NYC Next Idea at Columbia University this morning. Check in here from 9:00 AM - Noon EST to see the NYC Next Idea competition unfold.
11:36 AM: This concludes the morning’s program! Thanks to Columbia University and judges Archana Patchirajan, MyCityWay; Alessandro Piol, Vedanta; Michael Satow, House Party; and Albert Wenger, Union Square...
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NYC Next Idea Graduate Finalist: VerifEyed
Czech Technical University, Czech Republic Team: Radim Nedbal, Babak Mahdian
NYC Next Idea: Developed a unique verification service capable of indicating whether a digital image has been modified or not.
Why did you choose New York City to turn your idea into reality? Considering the fact that New York City is one the financial centers of the world offering numerous networking and business...
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NYC Next Idea Undergraduate Finalist: Sirocco
EDHEC Business School, France Team: Augustin Jaclin, Jeremy Schiano, Arthur Sylvestre
NYC Next Idea: Building high-end full-body dryers for NYC sports clubs, spas, and hotels.
Why did you choose New York City to turn your idea into reality? We chose New York City to turn our idea into reality for two main reasons. First, we strongly believe that our body dryers cannot find a better market than...
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NYC Next Idea Undergraduate Finalist: ReFleX
University of British Columbia, Canada Team: Andy Tsai, Jinting Zhu, Carol Lee, Peter Guan
NYC Next Idea: Develop a flexible and affordable multi-patient wireless monitoring solution that can be implemented in clinics or hospitals of any size.
Why did you choose New York City to turn your idea into reality? NYC is the perfect place for us to start up our venture, for starters, because our work...
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NYC Next Idea Undergraduate Finalist: 151 Projects
Singapore Management University, Singapore Team: Cheng Wei Ng, Ashley Shen
NYC Next Idea: Provide online retailers with Internet platform that helps them better spend advertising dollars by engaging & rewarding customers as micro-marketers on social media.
Why did you choose New York City to turn your idea into reality? New York is perfect for our business. Our product serves the needs of...
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Next Idea Finalists: Welcome to NYC
The finalist teams have arrived in New York City, and will compete this Wednesday in the Final Round of NYC Next Idea—the City’s second annual global business plan competition sponsored by NYCEDC in partnership with Columbia University. This year’s six finalist teams from India, Singapore, France, the Czech Republic, and Canada were selected from over 150 business plans submitted from 30...
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