Silicon Alley ad company Yodle recently announced that he feels that an IPO is likely in the future of the company. Yodle is making steps towards a public offering with the acquisition of the Atlanta-based company Lighthouse Practice Management Group. The ad platform for small businesses builds web [Full Story…]
#Google Gets Small NY Businesses Online
October 4, 2012 at 2:48 pm
More than half of the small businesses in NY don’t have a website, but Google is trying to change that. At the urging of NY State Sen. Charles Schumer, Google just announced a ‘Get Your Business Online”—free events helping small businesses with technology. The kick-off event will occur on [Full Story…]
NY Startup ShopKeep Pushes Electronic Tablet Payments
July 7, 2012 at 10:04 am
Retailers have slowly but surely begun to replace their old registers with iPads to process sales. ShopKeep, three and a half-year old NY-based startup, is hoping to continue to grow this trend. According to Xconomy, the company hopes to position its technology to offer lower costs for retailers. [Full Story…]
Why Wall Street’s Loss Is NY Tech’s Gain
January 23, 2012 at 11:14 am
Dinesh Moorjani, the founder and CEO of Hatch Labs, recently wrote an editorial in the Huffington Post about how the NY tech sector is flourishing in large part because of Wall Street's struggles. Moorjani explained that in the past, America's brightest minds looked to use their skills on Wall [Full Story…]
First NY Sponsored Business Incubator Opens in the Bronx
January 12, 2012 at 8:06 am
The first NY sponsored business incubator has opened in the Bronx. The Sunshine Bronx Business Incubator has received $250,000 from the New York Economic Decvelopment Corporation and will eventually hold up to 400 entrepreneurs over the next three years. The incubator is located at the BankNote [Full Story…]
Small Business Go Mobile with Square
January 8, 2012 at 10:11 am
Small businesses are changing the basic ways they interact with clientele. To compete in the uncertain economic environment, businesses are going mobile, to "meet" customers wherever they might be, according to Crain's New York Business. The readers plug into smartphones—primarily iOS, Androids [Full Story…]
Zaarly’s Digital Marketplace Focuses on Buyers
December 26, 2011 at 2:01 pm
Bo Fishback, founder of the NY startup Zaarly, had a vision: to launch a marketplace where the buyers, not the sellers, set the prices. “I kind of made it up,” Fishback told Crain's New York Business. Zaarly, which operates a digital marketplace, enables potential buyers of everything from [Full Story…]
Long Island’s Paltalk Acquires Easy To Send
December 9, 2011 at 1:05 pm
Long Island-based Paltalk, a real-time, video-based community with over 70 million downloads, announced this week that it has acquired NY-based Easy To Send, a small business email and digital marketing company. According to a press release sent to NY Convergence, the acquisition will leverage [Full Story…]
Zaarly’s Moves to New Office Space in Mark Ecko’s Chelsea Building
December 7, 2011 at 12:25 pm
According to BetaBeat Zaarly, a startup that has developed a location based, online marketplace, will be increasing its NY team from a possible ten to 30 employees. To make NY a central hub for the company, it will be moving from temporary space in Marc Ecko’s building at 40 West 23rd Street into [Full Story…]
Brooklyn Startup Gains Insight from Pepsi Incubator
November 20, 2011 at 12:04 pm
David Moricca, a Harvard-educated lawyer, launched BreakoutBand.com in 2008, after a decade developing digital products for Scholastic. The DUMBO-based startup, according to Crain's New York Business, helps users create 'professional-sounding' music. Initially, Moricca raised more than $1.5 million [Full Story…]
Google Promotes Free Websites for NY Businesses
November 18, 2011 at 11:17 am
In order to increase small business presence on the Internet, Google is offering free website creation and domain names, in addition to help in setting up AdWords for small business owners in NY state. According to Google, 97% of Americans use the Internet to search for local products and services., [Full Story…]
Cablevision Provides Discounts to Small Businesses at Sprint Locations
November 15, 2011 at 1:27 pm
In the expansion of its deal with Sprint Nextel, Long Island based cable carrier Cablevision will provide discounts to its Optimum Business voice and data customers at approximately 60 Sprint stores in the NY area. The deal will offer 15% discount on specific wireless service plans and more than 35% [Full Story…]
BoeFly Aims to Help Small Businesses Obtain Loans
October 23, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Founded in 2010 by industry veterans David Nayor and Mike Rozman, NY's BoeFly is one of several startups aiming to offer a solution for commercial lending. Focused primarily on franchisees seeking small business loans, BoeFly has partnered with more than 1,000 banks and other lenders. To seek a [Full Story…]
Clickable, Backed By AmEx, Raises 12 Million in Funding
October 19, 2011 at 4:04 pm
NY startup Clickable has raised 12 million in its latest round. Taking part in the round was American Express, Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund and FirstMark Capital. AmEx has been using the platform to provide social marketing services and white-label searching to small businesses. According [Full Story…]
LIFT Awarded $200,000 Grant From SBA
September 29, 2011 at 3:18 pm
The Long Island Forum for Technology was one out of 11 organizations across the country to receive a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration. According to Libn.com, they will use the $200,000 "for the training, counseling and mentoring of small businesses to enter into teaming [Full Story…]
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