New York Silicon Alley Weekly Newsletter

ISSUE 16 March 2012

Good afternoon, It's Friday, which means (for those who don't work on the weekend) you'll all soon be on a 2day vacation from emails and meetings. After this particular weekend, that also means our next meetup is only a few days away! Ecomsummit is taking place on Wednesday, 21-March. We'll have some light snacks, drinks and presentations from the founders of SpaceSplitter, Wantworthy and iCarCheck - they'll be focusing on their experience building these different buinsesses. Chris Maddern, who founded and sold iCarCheck, will focus his presentation on optimizing ROI for Google AdWords. We are adding a new "feature" to our monthly meetups, a problem-solving session where we (Techmeetups) poses two questions to attendees and asks that you work in small teams to come up with solutions. If there's a question you'd like to have answered at Ecomsummit, send me an email asap - we're picking the final questions this weekend. See you at Ecomsummit & have a lovely weekend!

Cheers, Luisa Co-organizer, New York Silicon Alley Meetup @techmeetupsNYSA

EVENTS
EcomSummit: E-Commerce / E-retail Date: 20-March Time: 6:30 9:30pm Venue: Seidenberg School of CSIS: 163 William Street, 2 Floor, NY, NY 10038 [ RSVP HERE ]
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19-Mar: SES New York 2012 19-Mar: Training, Development, & Learning Technology Innovations for Financial Services 19-Mar: Brand Strategy Intensive 19-Mar: Angel Investing in Healthcare | Dr. Milena Adamian 19-Mar: Introduction to Adwords 19-Mar: Introduction to Android Development 20-Mar: How to Build a $70 Million Company in Two Years 20-Mar: Art, Publishing, & Technology 20-Mar: Insurance Social Media Engagement Webinar 20-Mar: Get Control of Your F.A.T. (Finance, Accounting & Tax) in Your Lean Startup: 20-Mar: Startup Roundtable Series 9 with Esther Dyson 20-Mar: The Art of the Cold Call 20-Mar: Getting Started with Python Programming 21-Mar: Hatchery - Are You Serious? - March 21, 2012 21-Mar: GigaOM's Structure:Data 2012 21-Mar: Crash Course: Web Development with HTML, CSS, and Wordpress 21-Mar: Mapping Session: Hadoop in the Enterprise 22-Mar: ProductTank NYC 22-Mar: An Expert Panel Tells All: How Fashion Tech Companies Can Mix With Media. 22-Mar: Raising Visibility: Leveraging eBook Publishing for Businesses 22-Mar: Legal Stuff Explained #1: Patents, Trademarks and "beastly drains" 22-Mar: Giving a Great Technical Presentation 22-Mar: Womensphere CEO Circle

IN THE NEWS

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N.Y. lacks Silicon Valley spirit 15 March Cities around the world have spent billions of dollars trying to re-create the extraordinary success of Silicon Valleys entrepreneurial spirit. Among the most vigorous competitors in this regard has been New York City. Fred Wilson, Ron Conway, Dennis Crowley, Keith Rabois And Roelof Botha Are All Ready To Disrupt 15 March Whos coming to Disrupt NYC this year, you may ask? Well, we arent going to reveal all of the fun surprises we have in store quite yet, but we are excited to announce a couple key speakers who will be joining us this year. This years lineup kicks off with a strong set of Silicon Valley greats and New York tech titans. Stylyt to Let Users Play Fashion Designer for Brands 14 March Just as more early-stage New York startups are being groomed to woo Madison Avenue, a growing crop of fashion tech companies from Silicon Alley is now courting the citys fashion community. Talent crunch: New York startups start offering $5,000 bonus to new hires 14 March With big dogs like Facebook and Twitter building out their engineering offices in Manhattan, the little guys have to up their recruiting game. CNN Is Said to Be in Talks to Acquire Mashable 13 March AUSTIN, Tex. CNN, a unit of Time Warner, and the social news Web siteMashable are in advanced talks that may lead to an acquisition of the site, three people briefed on the talks said. Founder Dating; Are you Startup material? Apply Now! 13 March What a good idea, prequalify people, let them meet in person and continue the dialogue and see what happens. Ideas change, people dont. When co-founders both have skin in the idea does it make a better team. I think so. Smaller is better. Bloomberg Expanding Tech Coverage 12 March

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The crowded tech news scene will become even more crowded this week Bloomberg has announced a major overhaul of their tech coverage. Fast Company has learned that Bloombergs new tech vertical is scheduled to go live tomorrow, March 6, and will include several new blogs and original video content. New York dream to compete with Silicon Valley 11 March When Michael Bloomberg said last year he wanted to make New York the capital world of technological innovation, the ad was humorous in Silicon Valley. It is that which remains, by far, the industry leader. Is Seattle the Next Silicon Valley? 10 March If theres one thing in common between Silicon Valley (San Francisco) and Silicon Alley (New York City), its cost. These cities are known for having some of the highest costs of living in the world, let alone America. When it comes to tech innovations, centralization is important to keep the various growing companies together, but its still relatively-exclusive.

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READING & VIEWING

Dont Be Afraid To Go Pink: Designing Great Tech Products For Women TC Search versus Execute The Berkeley Blog Cant Get Funded? Maybe There Are Better Ways Business Insider Dont Disqualify Fashion As A Startup: A Look At Forbes 2012 Billionaires Forbes The 10 Austin startups you need to meet at SXSW 2012 GIGAOM Mercury News interview: Maynard Webb, founder, Webb Investment Network; chairman, LiveOps Mercury News Can Austin tech industry follow Trilogys example to replenish talent pool? Statesman BOOTSTRAPPING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: HOW TECHNOLOGY IS REVOLUTIONIZING THE STARTUP ADW Startup site powers students network Mashable How Signal Stands Out in the Crowded Text-Message Marketing Space Entrepreneur

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