In an effort to lure more technology companies into the Lower Manhattan financial district, the NYCEDC has offered five of 300 companies $250,00 each to move their facilities. Three of the companies are moving from Silicon Alley where prices for businesses are increasing dramatically. The winners [Full Story…]
Competition Increasing for NY #HealthTechGrant Applicants
February 15, 2013 at 4:34 pm
Applications are pouring in for the Pilot Health Tech NYC grant competition, xconomy reports. The competition, sponsored by the New York City Economic Development Corporation, will give up to $1 million in grants to aid companies in product testing with NY health care providers. The winners will [Full Story…]
#NYCDEC Offers Businesses Free Fiber Internet
February 7, 2013 at 1:52 pm
In December, the New York City Economic Development Corporation received over 100 submissions to their ConnectNYC Fiber Challenge program in which they give small and medium-sized businesses free fiber internet infrastructure. According to NYCEDC, applicants in this round reflected the diversity [Full Story…]
#NYCEDC Announces Latest Class of NYC Venture Fellows
February 7, 2013 at 8:19 am
NYCEDC and Fordham University announced its latest class of NYC Venture Fellows. The year-long program helps entrepreneurs grow and expand their businesses through mentoring and networking opportunities. The three-year-old program has 30 participants with a diverse range of backgrounds including [Full Story…]
#NYCEDC Holds #Tech Talent Draft Wednesday
January 30, 2013 at 11:58 am
The NYCEDC invites tech students to join the NYC Tech Talent Draft Wednesday evening. Beginning immediately after the Cornell Startup Career Fair, a panel of CEOs, CTOs and founders of NY’s top startups will talk about their work, how they use technology to solve problems and their entrepreneurial [Full Story…]
NYCEDC Announces Fashion Tech Competition
July 3, 2012 at 3:13 pm
The NYCEDC has just announced that they will be collaborating with retailer STORY to host a pop-up store competition. According to BetaBeat, the project is called Project Pop-Up NYC, and its main target is retailers and tech-fashion startups. The competition will award three winners who will get [Full Story…]
NYCEDC Predicts Growth for Big Data in NY
June 13, 2012 at 8:09 am
Big Data, data sets which are too large to be captured, stored, or analyzed with a typical database, has spawned from the expansion of the information. According to the NYCEDC, it has been estimated that digital data is "more than doubling every two years." This data is stored in bundles, and as a [Full Story…]
NYCEDC Heads to Austin for #SXSW
March 9, 2012 at 2:01 pm
NYCEDC will be at the SXSW Interactive tech festival in Austin, TX with an event titled, Silicon Alley: Startup Ecosystem That Never Sleeps, taking place on Monday, March 12th from 5-6pm at the Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon C. Prominent entrepreneurs and businesspeople in the NY tech-scene [Full Story…]
NYEDC Hosts Incubator Panel on February 9
February 2, 2012 at 8:12 am
The New York City Economic Development Coeporation is sponsoring a "Startup Business Incubators in NYC" panel discussion on Thursday, Feb. 9 at Columbia Univeristy. From 12:30 to 2 pm, 10 NY business and tech incubators will share their stories with the audience. The event is hosted by Columbia [Full Story…]
Panel of NY CEO’s Project the City’s Digital Future
January 14, 2012 at 3:28 pm
NY Gov.'s Entrpreneur at Large Steve Rosenbaum recently took a look at a two-year study that was conducted by a panel of NY CEO's who worked together to come up with a projection for NY's digital future, coming up with several interesting themes and possible scenarios. The panel discussed how [Full Story…]
NYCEDC’s Entrepreneur at Large Looks to Motivate Entrepreneurs
November 28, 2011 at 2:28 pm
In efforts to increase entrepreneurship, Steve Rosenbaum, CEO of Magnify.net was recently named Entrepreneur at Large for the NYCEDC to act as a middle man between entrepreneurs and NY agencies. In an op-ed from him in Metro Focus, he explains that this is the time for entrepreneurs and startup [Full Story…]
NYCEDC Reveals Winners of Big Apps Contest
August 11, 2011 at 3:03 pm
The New York City Economic Development Corporation has recently presented the winners of the Big Apps competition, a contest that let NYers submit their ideas for what mobile and desktop apps would most improve NY. “As expected, the Ideas Challenge has built upon the success of BigApps and [Full Story…]
Varick Street Incubator Celebrates 2nd Anniversary
July 6, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Yesterday the Varick Street Incubator celebrated its 2nd anniversary with rooftop event in the Skyroom Times Square. Opened in July of 2009, the incubator was created to provide NY startup companies with space and basic business services. The incubator was the first [Full Story…]
Dickert Clarifies Views on Bloomberg’s Road Map
May 24, 2011 at 8:16 am
Clarifying his recently posted views on Mayor Bloomberg's Road Map for a Digital City, social engineer and NY tech enthusiast, Sanford Dickert, said he is only disappointed with the industry portion of the plan, in a new post on his blog. Dickert said some of the Road Map's faults come from things [Full Story…]
NYCEDC’s Sundjaja Talks NY Startup Community
May 15, 2011 at 9:07 am
In an interview with RCR Wireless News, senior director at the Center for Economic Transformation at the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), Kristy Sundjaja, explained what the City of NY is doing for the startup community. Sundjaja works on the media, fashion and [Full Story…]
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