February 2012
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WatchVia the Wall Street Journal, take a look inside Google’s NYC office, which encourages “casual collisions” between people who don’t normally work with each other that could lead to the next big idea. In the past year, Google has dramatically expanded its New York presence, in one of the most prominent examples of a technology company shifting its focus to New York. Read the...
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NYC Business Solutions
We’re perusing NYC Business Solutions Tumblr today—great source for small business advice.
nycbizsolutions:
The Key to Small Business Success
I’m going to make a bold statement: The key to running a successful small business is working with right people.
Entrepreneurs – no matter how hands-on they are – need
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10,000 Strong
We’re at 10,000 followers strong! Thank you for being part of NYCEDC’s Tumblr community. Let us know how we’re doing and what you’d like to see here by leaving a comment below.
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“I’ve been involved with NYC BigApps since its creation three years ago....”
– Fred Wilson, venture capitalist, discusses NYC BigApps 3.0 on his blog. Check out the record number of submissions and vote for your favorite NYC BigApps now.
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Epicurely: World Startups Gathered In NYC →
Epicurely.com, an online platform for organizing and discovering collaborative dinner parties, shares their experience at World to NYC this year, where they learned more about doing business in NYC as an international start-up.
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In addition to London, New York will be a strategic market for Epicurely from the start. We believe that new yorkers will be very receptive to our product....
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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)
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Silicon Valley Sets Up Shop in New York: Facebook,... →
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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.
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WatchOn 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.
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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...
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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...
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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)
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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.
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The ChallengePost Blog: A record number of apps in... →
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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…
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