New York Silicon Alley Weekly Newsletter

ISSUE 02 March 2012 Hello Everyone!

I hope all of you had a great week! Below are some updates from NYSA. BeMyApp Hackathon: Kinvolved representing NYC as the best local app was selected as the BeMyApp Global winner thanks to everyone who voted! Congratulations to Alexandria, Miriam, Barrie, Kaushik, Gary, and Theo! Thanks to BlackBerry, the winning team will be receiving BlackBerry Playbooks as well. For those who were unable to attend the hackathon last weekend, below are some links to check out: Video Content (Featuring NYC App pitches and presentations): http://bambuser.com/channel/Techmeetups List of the 6 local app winners: http://appolympics.bemyapp.com/ Official announcement of the top 3 Global winners: http://blog.bemyapp.com/?p=30 Our Next Meetup EcomSummit: The date of EcomSummit has changed to March 21st, Wednesday. For those who has rsvp'd and paid, but is now unable to make it, please contact Luisa at luisa@techmeetups.com We look forward to seeing all of you at our next event. Have a great weekend! Best, Ellen Sea Assistant Organizer New York Silicon Alley @techmeetupsNYSA

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EVENTS
EcomSummit New York 20th Mar 2012 Venue: Seidenberg School of CSIS [ RSVP HERE ]

05-Mar: Brandhackers' "Social Media Analytics" Meetup 05-Mar: Brand Strategy Intensive 05-Mar: Fashion + TechNY // A Conversation 05-Mar: Essentials of Startup Law 05-Mar: Introduction to Product Management 06-Mar: Startup Roundtable Series 8 with Brian Hirsch 06-Mar: Advanced Essentials of HR & Employment Law 06-Mar: How to Hire and Retain Developers 06-Mar: Managing Startup Teams 06-Mar: NYC Startup Sneak Peek: Networking 06-Mar:Get Control of Your F.A.T. (Finance, Accounting & Tax) in Your Lean Startup: Session 1 - The Founder and the Entity 07-Mar:Inside The Mind Of The Venture Capitalist: Decoding Legal Structures & Investment Terms

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07-Mar:David Levy: Philo 07-Mar: Crash Course: Web Development with HTML, CSS, and Wordpress 08-Mar:New York launch event for new book on startups, technology, and innovation: The Rainforest 08-Mar: Corporate World Meets Entrepreneurship - 85 Broads New York Young Professionals' Initiative Panel 08-Mar: Designing Mobile Web Experiences 08-Mar: Nailing the Startup Interview 08-Mar: Investor Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown (New York) 08-Mar: Crowdsourcing for Entrepreneurs; New Solutions for Data Driven Startups 08-Mar: eBook Publishing: The New Opportunity for Tech Designers & Developers 08-Mar: iEvening March 8 09-Mar: Managing the End-Game: Getting Your Product Into the Customer's Hands

IN THE NEWS
Are innovation clusters local or global? March 01, 2012 Social media has, it seems, taken over the world. Partly as a result of this connectedness, it is possible in this modern world to collaborate and create businesses more easily across international borders. So are tech hubs and clusters really relevant, or is the whole world one big tech cluster? Tech Hiring in the Silicon Valley vs. the Silicon Alley February 28, 2012

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We all know of the Silicon Valley, the San Jose and San Francisco area known for its large technology-focused community. Over the past years, the Silicon Alley a nickname given to the emergence of technology, internet, and media companies in Manhattan, Guest Blogger Series: Creating a community within a community February 27, 2012 Followers of Expat Explorer might recognise a familiar name for this weeks guest post. Back in 2010, UK-based expat, Bryce Keane shared with us his tips and advice on integrating into a completely new country and was one of the most read blog posts that year. Silicon Alley Is Thriving; Amazon Expands in Seattle February 27, 2012 In the past year, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Zynga, and other technology players have opened offices in New York, hiring software coders and product designers in addition to the marketing and salespeople many already had in the city. New York also has a strong community of homegrown tech outfits, from Gilt Groupe to Foursquare. Entrepreneurs and investors say the influx of big-name companies will give that local tech community a big boost

JOBS
Software Development Lead/Senior Software Developer @Capco Innovation Labs (Full-Time)(England) Capco have created an Innovation Labs team and we are looking for experienced Software Development Lead to lead a team working on both internal and external projects, delivering innovative technology solutions to help build the future of finance. This team is results driven and you and your team will be given plenty of opportunity to develop ideas. This role will provide you with the opportunity to present in front of key stakeholders and allow you to thrive and continually improve your products through demonstrations and prototypes of your work. Front end developer and designer@ Qwwip (Full-Time)(England) Front end design lead on all of our internal and client projects

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