New York Tech Meetup

From Climate to Climax at The NY Tech Meetup

Will the New York Tech Meetup ever not sell-out its monthly showcase of tech startups? Judging from the full house that braved the frigid February New York weather, the answer is a resounding no. The NYC tech scene is simply too robust to forego the premier startup showcase event here. Also, it doesn’t hurt that […]

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Innovation @NYTimes

Few industries have endured as much tumult and disruption as the purveyors of journalism. Within that space, big metro newspapers have likely suffered the greatest as readers and advertisers abandon their habitual inky relics for more digital, real-time pursuits.  Industry watcher Ken Doctor takes a sobering look at the “newsonomics” of the second half of

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Tech Tales from New York

Andrew Rasiej on Stage at the 10th Annual Personal Democracy Forum Sandwiched in between the 10th anniversary gathering of the Personal Democracy Forum, the annual who’s who of those intersecting technology, politics and social activism, and the inaugural Mayoral NYC Tech Forum where four of NYC’s mayoral candidates attempted to show off their technology chops

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Startup City

My wife insisted that Silicon Valley continues to reign supreme as the tech startup capital of the world. She’s right of course, but I’d hardly put New York City down for the count. Last year, Privco reported “100 deals for privately held tech companies in the city, with their value adding up to $8.3 billion.” Not

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New York Tech Meetup Gets Physical

Steve Case At Business Insider’s recent Ignition conference, reported here, AOL founder and Revolution CEO Steve Case said the following in response to a Henry Blodget question about his investment strategy: “More than half the economy has NOT been disrupted by the Internet.” Presumably he was talking about innovation in sectors that have been slow to

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New York Tech-Worthy

U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park We’re not worthy. We’re not worthy. We’re not…. Well, actually, we (the New York Tech Meetup community) are most worthy of a visit from Todd Park, U.S. Chief Technology Officer. NYTM executive director Nate Westheimer (Wayne) proclaimed:“So cool to have USA’s CTO @todd_park speaking here at #NYTM!”  Cool indeed. Mr. Park’s

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New York Tech Scene Heats Up

At the conclusion of Tuesday night’s New York Tech Meetup, a few of the venture capitalists gathered impromptu in a group to compare notes. I didn’t want to eavesdrop, but couldn’t help overhearing the assessment of the evening’s final presentation from NimbleTV, which has plans to disrupt the TV viewing experience a la last month’s

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