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Reza Chowdhury

Reza offers more than 15 years experience in emerging technology. Reza, a serial entrepreneur, is currently the founder and CEO of New York Startup Lab, which brings technology and knowledge based solutions to the entrepreneurial community with a specific focus on early stage companies.

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AlleyTalk - This infographic is an oldie but a goodie and indicates that New York may be better suited for earlier stage startups than San Francisco.   What do you think?   Sound off in the comments below...   Infographic courtesy...
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Accelerators - Dreamit Ventures just announced its summer 2013 NYC Class, which marks its third class since expanding to New York from Philadelphia and Austin.  Similar to other accelerator programs, the startups will receive collaborative office...
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Startups - So you didn’t want to brave the “snow” that was expected and didn’t make it out last night?   Well you missed a good event.   Haithem Elembaby and the team at StartupMixers held their first speaker series event...
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Apps - It’s nice to see the MTA embrace technology, but…   I recently downloaded the MTA’s new Subway Time App, available in the iTunes store, to see if it meets its goal of tracking trains in real time. According to its...
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Advertising - Navigating the event scene in New York can be a daunting task.  On any given night, there are scores of events to choose from.  However, there are only so many places you can be at once and you must become discerning to effectively...
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Op-ED - The web and the Internet as we know can be traced back to 1999 when Al Gore created it. Even if we discredit Mr. Gore’s claims and credit Tim Berners-Lee as the inventor of the world wide web, that didn’t happen until 1990. We...
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Venture Capital - Sometimes, too many companies get funded.   IBM 2012 SmartCamp Global Finals were recently held at the Waldorf Astoria and included a full afternoon of discussions, including an informative panel on the state of venture...
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Funding News - Brooklyn-based startup Blue Apron, a weekly subscription service that delivers everything you need to make fresh meals, has recently closed a Series A round, First Round Capital’s Phin Barnes announced on his blog. Blue Apron provides...
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AlleyTalk - As New York develops into a thriving ecosystem for startups, a culture is slowly being created.  I have had the opportunity to attend a wide variety of events and to meet with countless people in the startup space. From this...
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Startups - I had the pleasure of attending Ultra Light Startups February Investor Feedback Forum at NYU this past Tuesday. The event was co-hosted by Graham Lawlor and Howard Greenstein and featured pitches from eight startups and an investor...
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Business - New York is on the brink of a technological renaissance the likes of which have never been seen before in the annals of Silicon Alley. Having lived in New York for the majority of my life, I have never seen such a momentum in the...
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Business - General Assembly is doing a remarkable job of creating a new breed of informed entrepreneurs in New York City that will fuel the technological renaissance.  If you haven’t checked out a class there, make sure you do in the new year...