According to data from our friends at Crunchbase, there were 354 acquisitions of New York companies in 2017, up from 238 in 2016. Today, I shine a spotlight on 13 of these notable transactions involving NYC startups that were acquired in during 2017. I have included the acquiree, the acquirer, transaction amount (when available), as […]
The History of Ecommerce in New York City in One Interactive Map
Since the settlement of New York in the 17th century, the city’s economy has been rooted in commerce. In fact, the thriving beaver population in the region and the immense demand for beaver pelts in Europe led to the creation of the trading colonies in the New World. Over the last 400+ years, trade has […]
Bitcoin and Chief Digital Officer Take the Stage at the Last NY Tech Meetup of the Year
It was the last NY Tech Meetup of the year and you know what happens every December : we say we say good bye to the old and ring in the new and that’s precisely what happened at the Meetup. New York State Chief Digital Officer, Rachel Haot took to the stage to unveil the official new […]
Show and Sell: The Inaugural NYC Enterprise Sales Meetup Is a Game Changer
The first ever NYC Enterprise Sales Meetup went down recently at Work-Bench’s Union Square headquarters, and it set a great precedent for meetups to come. Organized by Mark Birch and moderated by Jake Dunlap, the meetup focused around a panel discussion on a company’s first five sales and offered the audience five great takeaways. The […]
A Hot Night for Startups at The July NY Tech Meetup
After a long, cold winter, summer finally did arrive, and if this month’s NY Tech Meetup is any indication, it seems that this is when things – and tech – really gets hot. And that the tech community put all of those long cold winter nights to good use… CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE […]
This Company Makes Bitcoin Easy and Available to Everyone
We always hear about the Bitcoin risks. It also has its benefits. Major benefits. And My Coin Solution’s solution is to make Bitcoin more understandable and accessible to both merchants and consumers, to help them to make the best decisions for payment processing. Easily. After all, why should the experts be the only ones to […]
Securing the Enterprise: A Meeting of Meetups
This month’s NY Enterprise Tech Meetup was a special one, as the group joined forces with the June Information Security Meetup, with enterprise covering the first half with two extended presentations, and Info Security having a panel discussion with three notable speakers. CLICK TO READ ALL ABOUT THE JUNE 2014 ENTERPRISE MEETUP
The June New York Tech Meetup: Net Neutrality and the Gorilla in the Living Room
“This is not a test. This is not a drill. This is a bona fide emergency,” said Clay Shirky, taking the stage at the New York Tech Meetup to address the importance of Net Neutrality. “Right now, anyone has the same terms of access as huge old rich media companies – and they hate that,” […]
May 2014 NY Enterprise Tech Meetup: No Judgments, Just the Facts
The Enterprise Tech Meetup was held at Cooley’s offices in Midtown this past Wednesday, and the format was a return to the usual four presentations rather than the judging format of last month. CrowdProcess CrowdProcess uses the advances made by modern web browsers and HTML5 to turn other computers into a networked supercomputer. The […]
Why All Entrepreneurs Can Benefit From Learning Code
“Pre-dodgeball I went through 3-4 years thinking I was going to meet some magical engineer who would build all the stuff I was thinking about. I’m still a really sh***y programmer…but I know enough to hack a prototype together.” –Dennis Crowley, Foursquare In a world where people spend more than 20 hours per week on […]