New York Silicon Alley Weekly Newsletter

ISSUE 24 February 2012 It's Friday, Friday...who's ready to get down on Friday?

I know our attendees to our BeMyApp Mobile Hackathon are! We're very excited about our 125 rsvp's. Just a reminder, there are still 25 spots left, so tell your friends!

Registration via Meetup has closed but tickets are still available through Eventbrite:nysafeb.eventbrite.com. You can register through there until 4pm, thereafter..the only way in is at the door, $10 (free for students with valid ID card) capacity is 150.

We can't wait to see our members at the BeMyApp Mobile Hackathon tonight and for those who couldn't attend this weekend, we'll see each other at the next event!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Best, Ellen Sea Assistant Organizer New York Silicon Alley @techmeetupsNYSA New York Silicon Alley @techmeetupsNYSA

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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) 163 William Street, 2nd & 3rd Floor, New York, NY [ RSVP HERE ]

27-Feb: HSMAI 2012 Adrian Awards Dinner Reception & Gala 27-Feb: Agile NYC OPEN 2012 27-Feb: Ctrl+Alt+Compete - Movie Screening and Discussion 27-Feb: Branding and Design for Artisans 27-Feb:Brand Matters: Turning Your Brand Into A Competitive Advantage 28-Feb: Business Plan Viability Assessment - to Raise Capital US$1 to $20 Million 28-Feb: Inbound Marketing Summit New York City 28-Feb: Identifying and Selling Your Competitive Advantages 28-Feb: Best Practices: Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur 29-Feb: Business Development Basics: Strategies and Tactics 29-Feb: Crash Course: Web Development with HTML, CSS, and Wordpress 01-Mar: Cleantech & Infrastructure Investing | Dylan Steeg, Intel Capital 01-Mar: Cream of the Crop: Getting Your Startup in Top Tier Tech News

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02-Mar: 3 Day Startup NYC - Info Session 3 02-Mar: angelHack Hackathon NYC (sort of)

IN THE NEWS
#FundingPost Part 2: Tech Investing Silicon Alley Vs. Silicon Valley February 22, 2012 At the massive FundingPost entrepreneur-VC pitching event in Midtown last week, 70% of the attending companies were based in NY; the rest came mostly from surrounding areas like Philadelphia, New Jersey and Connecticut Canadian Government Sending Six Startups to General Assembly for Three Months February 21, 2012 The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service is pleased to launch a first ever Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) initiative in New York City, a hot-bed for technology entrepreneurship and world capital for advertising, media, commerce, and innovation Is The Yard, a New Coworking Space In Williamsburg, the General Assembly of Brooklyn? February 21, 2012 Others have tried and failed to make a coworking space grow in Williamsburg. (The Makery is dead! Long live, Bnters new office!) But real estate professionals and born-and-raised Brooklynites Morris Levy and Richard Beyda may have the homecourt advantage The Daily Start-Up: Investors Bring Ruckus Wireless $22M February 20, 2012 Ruckus Wireless has taken $22 million in Series G funding to bring its Wi-Fi equipment into the carrier marketa new opportunity for the company thats potentially bigger than the enterprise market where its built its sales so far. On Bloombergs Alley Versus Valley designs,Tumblrs David Karp explains that the flavors are different February 20, 2012

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New York City was just starting to develop its own distinctive tech flavor, Karp said, after the event in Tumblrs Flatiron headquarters.

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

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