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Education
Educational Institutions New York is home to several major Universities. Some of them have prestigious specialized Schools or programs focused on media and technology. Here are some of the ones offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs. City Tech (CUNY) Columbia University Fu Foundation SEAS Columbia Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering Cooper Union Cornell NYC…
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Suggested Readings and Discussion
Reading and Discussion Many veterans of the New York startup world, from venture capitalists to entrepreneurs, write blogs that have become discussion forums in the community. Reading and participating in them is a way to understand what is going on. AVC (Fred Wilson) Chris Dixon Continuations (Albert Wenger) Gotham Gal (Joanne Wilson) Innonate (Nat Westheimer)…
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Introduzione
Questo blog è una celebrazione della comunità imprenditoriale di New York. È anche il blog di accompagnamento del nostro libro, Tech and the City, pubblicato in Italia da Guerini. Avendo vissuto a New York per molti anni e avendo partecipato alla prima fase degli startup Newyorkesi, negli anni ’90, abbiamo sentito il bisogno di scrivere…
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Introduction
This blog celebrates New York’s entrepreneurial community. It is also a companion piece to our book, Tech and the City, being published in the US and Europe in March/April 2013. Having lived in New York for many years and having participated in the first wave of NY startups, we both felt that a book discussing…
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General Sources of Information
Some General Sources of Information about New York’s entrepreneurial community and investment activities According to the quarterly Money Tree report compiled by the NVCA (National Venture Capital Association) and PWC (PriceWaterhouseCoopers), the New York metro area is consistently among the largest regions of investment, both in number of companies funded and dollars invested. In 2011 $2.7B were…