Apr
19
We’re holding an optional information session for the Media Center Consultant Services RFP on Tuesday, April 24 at NYCEDC. The meeting will be an opportunity for potential respondents to ask questions regarding the RFP. Register now. nycedc: NYCEDC, in connection with the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, is seeking financially sustainable and innovative proposals from qualified individuals, organizations or companies to develop, market, and manage the “Made in NY” Media Center, a media hub that will foster innovation and content creation, strengthen sense of community and networking opportunities, and promote economic development in the media sectors in New York City by:  Providing affordable workspace to emerging media entrepreneurs and companies Providing adjacent space for educational and networking programming to workspace users and the broader media community, and Facilitating collaboration across various media industry segments and participants Specifically, the media center will provide media entrepreneurs with affordable workspace and serve as a central meeting place where traditional media companies and new media entrepreneurs can meet, interact and collaborate. It will also host educational workshops and training sessions catered to segments across the media industry, to encourage cross-sector learning and creative cooperation that will ensure that the media industry is well-positioned for the digital age. The media center will also support new businesses in emerging media, like interactive entertainment, digital advertising and mobile app development, by providing high-quality, ready-to-use office space that will accommodate numerous companies and a variety of employees. The space should include conference rooms, production office space and a screening room.  View the RFP for more details. Responses are due no later than June 15, 2012. Find out more about NYCEDC’s initiatives to support the media and emerging tech sector in NYC.

We’re holding an optional information session for the Media Center Consultant Services RFP on Tuesday, April 24 at NYCEDC. The meeting will be an opportunity for potential respondents to ask questions regarding the RFP. Register now.

nycedc:

NYCEDC, in connection with the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, is seeking financially sustainable and innovative proposals from qualified individuals, organizations or companies to develop, market, and manage the “Made in NY” Media Center, a media hub that will foster innovation and content creation, strengthen sense of community and networking opportunities, and promote economic development in the media sectors in New York City by: 

  • Providing affordable workspace to emerging media entrepreneurs and companies
  • Providing adjacent space for educational and networking programming to workspace users and the broader media community, and
  • Facilitating collaboration across various media industry segments and participants

Specifically, the media center will provide media entrepreneurs with affordable workspace and serve as a central meeting place where traditional media companies and new media entrepreneurs can meet, interact and collaborate. It will also host educational workshops and training sessions catered to segments across the media industry, to encourage cross-sector learning and creative cooperation that will ensure that the media industry is well-positioned for the digital age. The media center will also support new businesses in emerging media, like interactive entertainment, digital advertising and mobile app development, by providing high-quality, ready-to-use office space that will accommodate numerous companies and a variety of employees. The space should include conference rooms, production office space and a screening room. 

View the RFP for more details. Responses are due no later than June 15, 2012. Find out more about NYCEDC’s initiatives to support the media and emerging tech sector in NYC.

Source: nycedc

Mar
20
Meet Canadian team Stylsize, one of six NYC Next Idea finalists. Amy Bergenwall and Dan McCann’s next idea for New York City is to develop a mobile fitting platform to enhance the shopping experience for the ready-to-wear apparel industry, enabling shoppers to visualize how a garment fits and flatters the body. We asked, and they answered: Why did you choose New York City to turn your idea into reality? Finance, Tech, Fashion - NYC has it all! There is no better place in the world for this innovative idea to take off and sustain speed. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to learn more about doing business in NYC and would love to call it home! Read the rest of the interview. You’re invited to watch the finalists pitch the judges tomorrow at the NYC Next Idea Final Round at Columbia University.

Meet Canadian team Stylsize, one of six NYC Next Idea finalists. Amy Bergenwall and Dan McCann’s next idea for New York City is to develop a mobile fitting platform to enhance the shopping experience for the ready-to-wear apparel industry, enabling shoppers to visualize how a garment fits and flatters the body. We asked, and they answered:

Why did you choose New York City to turn your idea into reality?
Finance, Tech, Fashion - NYC has it all! There is no better place in the world for this innovative idea to take off and sustain speed. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to learn more about doing business in NYC and would love to call it home!

Read the rest of the interview. You’re invited to watch the finalists pitch the judges tomorrow at the NYC Next Idea Final Round at Columbia University.

Mar
14

NYC Next Idea Final Round

ReFleX, last year’s winning undergraduate team, pitches their NYC Next Idea at the final round.

The final round of NYC Next Idea 2011-2012 is coming up next week! Now in its third year, the NYC Next Idea global business plan competition for students and recent graduates encourages innovative business ventures to launch and operate in New York City, while raising the visibility of NYC as an international center for innovation and showcasing talent from universities around the world. The competition is sponsored by NYCEDC in partnership with Columbia University’s Engineering School with a goal to attract groundbreaking start-up companies to New York City.

On Wednesday, March 21st at Columbia University, six finalist teams representing Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden and the United States will pitch their business plans to a judging panel of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and academics, competing for a total of $35,000 in cash prizes. The finalists are: 

NYC Connect Track (teams with one NYC-based full-time student):

  • AnaLyse is an NYC-based life science lab equipment startup working to develop a disruptive technology for the homogenization of animal tissue for animal studies 
  • IDEA NYC (Innovation through Design Education and Art) seeks to develop a non-profit fashion label that produces and markets products imagined by NYC children
  • TaxiTreats provides and manages vending machines and proprietary convenience solutions for NYC taxi cabs, to be scaled for the transportation industry

International Track (teams with all international members):

  • CityShare aims to create stronger ties within one’s neighborhood by creating a mobile marketplace for peer-to‐peer rentals
  • Marketing Prevision is developing the Prevision Camera, an intelligent, stand-alone camera embedded with software that can interpret mood, number, gender, age, and facial expressions to provide real-time marketing analytics 
  • Stylsize has developed a mobile-optimized fitting platform to enhance the shopping experience for the ready-to-wear apparel industry, enabling shoppers to visualize how a garment fits and flatters the body without the frustrating guesswork associated with today’s online shopping

These NYC Next Idea finalist teams were chosen from 270 business plans, submitted by 700 participants from more than 60 countries last summer. Come watch the final round on March 21st, open to the public! Breakfast and lunch will be served. RSVP for the event.

Follow the competition as it unfolds on Twitter at @NYCNextIdea and facebook.com/NYCNextIdea.

Mar
12
Via the Washington Post, NYCEDC President Seth Pinsky talks about attracting technology venture capital to New York City with Suzanne O’Halloran on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” Discover more about New York City’s rising tech startup scene.

Via the Washington Post, NYCEDC President Seth Pinsky talks about attracting technology venture capital to New York City with Suzanne O’Halloran on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” Discover more about New York City’s rising tech startup scene.