New York Silicon Alley Weekly Newsletter

ISSUE 17 February 2012 It's Friday! A week from today we are hosting our 48hr mobile app hackathon along with 5 other cities (Dallas, San Francisco, London, Paris and Berlin). 48hrs to pitch your idea, join a team, prototype an app across any platform you want, utilizing any language you wish! All leading up to presentations, prizes given by us and our sponsors, 1 team receiving the title of "Best Local App - NYC" and 72hrs later that same team possibly gaining the title of "Best Global App". The possibility of worldwide recognition and media coverage in 72hrs - worth attending? I sure think so! I don't have an app idea but hopefully there's a team I can join. Well, I'm looking forward to drinking loads of coffee and looking like a zombie at the end of the weekend - NOT! I am however looking forward to working with those attending and seeing all the great things you create. Look forward to seeing some friendly faces and meeting new ones. Have a wonderful weekend.

Cheers, Luisa Luisa@techmeetups.com New York Silicon Alley @techmeetupsNYSA

EVENTS
New York Silicon Alley February Meetup BeMyApp Mobile App Olympics 2012 February 24-26, 2012 6:00 PM Seidenberg School of CSIS (Pace University)

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20-Feb: Introduction to SEO 20-Feb: QuickBooks and Accounting Fundamentals for Small Businesses 21-Feb: Free! - Financing Your Business Workshop for Start-Ups 21-Feb: Seedcamp USA Trip - Mentoring Afternoon New York 21-Feb: How to Start a Business from A to Z 21-Feb: Essentials of Digital Marketing 21-Feb: Setting Entrepreneurial Goals that Stick 22-Feb: Revenue Models for Tech Start-Ups 22-Feb: Essentials of Getting Hired 22-Feb: "Speed Date Your Lender" II 22-Feb: Getting Granular with Group Buying 22-Feb: Digital Media MBA February '12 Happy Hour 22-Feb: Ad Ops for Beginners 22-Feb: How to Read a Cap Table 23-Feb: Cloud Roundtable 23-Feb: Green Cocktail Club 23-Feb: Silicon Alley Battlefield (SAB) Series 13 23-Feb: Mass Challenge Road Tour: Columbia University

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23-Feb: Green Cocktail Club 23-Feb: A New Era: The Private Market and Capital for Startups 23-Feb: Entrepreneurs Roundtable 44 24-Feb: Re:Working Conference 24-Feb: Lean Startup Machine NYC (2/24 - 2/26)

IN THE NEWS
GigaOm + PaidContent = Perfect Sense February 14, 2012 When the U.K.-based Guardian Media Group bought PaidContent in 2008, it was portrayed as an attempt to expand into the U.S. market. The Guardian newspaper was a forerunner in its use of the web, and already got a large portion of its traffic from North America. Keeping New York City a Competitive Tourist Destination February 13, 2012 I read with pleasure yesterday that the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of our citys cultural treasures, will be getting a spectacular new plaza design. When completed, the landscaping will run all the way from 80th to 84th Streets on Fifth Avenue and will include more trees, NY Tech Day to Cement Citys Tradition of Massive Tech Events February 13, 2012 We New Yorkers like our tech expos like we like our pizza: big and cheesy. So, what is NY Tech Day? Its a science fair for startups, and an event to celebrate New Yorks awesome startup ecosystem, but more concretely, its going to be a gigantic one-day expo at the block-sized Lexington Ave. Armory, with 200 startup booths, more sponsor and vendor booths, and a few thousand attendees rotating through, and followed by an awards show.

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Double Fine Kickstarter campaign raises over 700k in one day make that 1+ million February 10, 2012 Kickstarter is a crowd funding site that is used to generate financing for a variety of projects such as indie films, music endeavors and comics. As an established game studio, it may seem a bit odd for Double Fine to seek public backing for their next game but founder Tim Schafer and staff believe its a wonderful opportunity that will benefit both gamers and the studio.

JOBS
Front-end Web developer for leading online art retailer @ Easyart (Full-Time) (London,UK) Easyart are looking for a talented and passionate Front-end Web Developer to join our growing technology team in London. Youll be responsible for the continual improvement of the design, functionality, usability and sales conversion of our network of websites. Youll need a keen eye for design, be fluent in HTML and CSS and have a passion for making apps that people love to use. Technical Co-Founder/CTO @ CarbonUnity (Full-Time) (Anywhere) Shutl is looking for a Senior Ruby Developer and Agile Evangelist to join our exciting London based tech startup. This is a tremendous opportunity to join a high profile/growth venture backed business with an awesome team that is making some major waves. The right candidate will join Shutls engineering team based in Shoreditch, and will be instrumental in architecting, designing, building, and scaling the Shutl technology platform.

READING & VIEWING

Starting Up: London Vs. The Valley Innovator Inside 14 Asian Startups That Caught Our Eye This Week PO Today in Tech: Whats Google doing with $120 million? FORTUNE

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Silicon Valley wont dominate the tech world forever TNW Subscription Startups Are Very Fat Cash Cows The New York Tech Blog Startup Turns Data Crunching into a High-Stakes Sport Technology Review How to Get More From Your Brands Facebook Data Ad Age Nonprofit Marketers: Rebels With a Cause Who Help Make a Difference Ad Age Mark really?! ITPR Startups pass on Silicon Valley to find their fortunes in New York GIGAOM Turn your socializing into networking SILICON PARIRE Why VCs Are Getting Into PR TC

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