new york silicon alley weekly newsletter 16-december-2011

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T e c h n o l o g y E v e n t s , P r o m o t i o n & M a r k e t i n g

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

ISSUE 16 DECEMBER 2011

Happy Friday!

It was great to get the opportunity to spend some time with those who attended

Tuesday's event, SocMed 2011, at the great loft-space that is ContraStudios. You

were all great audience members - Matthew Knell and Dave Kerpen didn't know

what was coming to them. I look forward to getting the chance to meet more of youin the future and to learn more about your projects. Feel free to contact me if you

have any questions about NYSA / TechMeetups and/or would like to sponsor or get

more involved.

Our next event, Tech Startup Night, is scheduled for 17-Jan-2012. The focus for Jan

is "Startups for Social Good" as in, (a) the startup is solely a 'social good' based

company or (b) the startup is not based around 'social good' (i.e. not inherent in

business model), instead there contributions are an offset. If you are doing great

things in this area or know someone who is, do send me an email

([email protected]) - it'd be great to have you or your friend speak next

month!

Thank you for the wonderful reviews! NYSA would not exist, in it's current iteration,

if not for the TechMeetups team and our wonderful NYC-based assistant organizers.

Thank you Rik Willard, Carol Pak, Lou Leone, Wilfredo Pena, Ellen Sea and, an

honorary assistant organizer for SocMed 2011, Jose Diaz-Gonzalez, who provided

the appropriate cabling so we'd be able to get the projector working.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Cheers,

Luisa
http://www.contrastudios.com/http://www.contrastudios.com/http://www.contrastudios.com/


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E V E N T S

19-Dec:TechDrinks XIII: Happy Christmahanukwanzivus! - Coworking Community

NYC

19-Dec:TSPN Presents: Meet Your Designer!

19-Dec:Meet and brainstorm

20-Dec:NJTech Workshop: Patent and Trademark Primer for Startups

20-Dec:Art Hack Day

21-Dec:SharePoint Workspace 2010 for Developers

21-Dec:One minute pitch or intro

23-Dec:Rochester NY Software Testing Club Meetup

I N T H E N E W S

Facebook hires Gowalla team, will shut it down December 12, 2011

NEW YORK Facebook has hired the team behind Gowalla, the location service that

lets people share where they are using their mobile phones.Gowalla started out in

2009 as a way for people to share their location with friends and strangers by

checking in. Now, Facebook will wind down the service, as it often does whenbuying a startup to hire its talent. It did not acquire the Gowalla service or

technology.

New Yorks Newest Tenant: Facebook December 12, 2011

Facebook will open its first engineering office away from the West Coast in New

York, where the tech scene continues to grow.
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New York Web: Is Thrillists Ben Lerer Silicon Alleys Original Rockstar?

December 12, 2011

Rockstar entrepreneurs. Thats what Internet startups are made of, and Im sitting

across from one of New Yorks first, Ben Lerer. Seven years ago, Lerer and his

college friend Adam Rich started a mens lifestyle brand, Thrillist, born from an idea

and $7 domain name. Fast-forward to today: Thrillist is reaching more than four

million subscribers daily. Its an astounding number, especially for a city guide

email, and Lerer, current CEO of Thrillist, looks back on the companys infancy with

reverence

J O B S

Lead Developer/Chief Technology Officer@ Carbon Unity (Part-Time)

The requirement for this role is to ensure the successful execution of the business

mission through development and deployment of its web presence. This requires

envisioning the service offerings as a web-based business, leading implementation

of web applications, and planning for risk and growth. This role will have the

opportunity to develop into a CTO role if the candidate is willing, successful andenthusiastic.

iOS Developer@ zeebox (Full-Time)

A track record in building high-profile iOS apps. First class engineering skills,

acquired through years of blood, sweat and tears studying computer science and

working with other great software engineers. Attracted to working in a fast paced,

high energy startup with modern, agile practices. Passionate about TV, desperate to

drag it kicking and screaming out of the analogue, one-way, un-social era.

R E A D I N G & V I E W I N G

Marketing Matters The Startup Donut

3 Tactics That Can Help Generate More Leads For Your Business Search EngineJournal
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Can only startups innovate? A brief history of acquisitions The Next Web

Yelps IPO Will Test the Flaws in Its Business Model Harvard Business Review

Noo.com Launches the Most Creative New Years Eve 2012 Party in the World To Give Water Digital Journal

Tech startup 2tor rides surge in online education Reuters

Three Ways to Export into New Markets Entrepreneur

Dont Trust Your Gut With Assortment Planning Harvard Business Review

Stop Competing to Be the Best Harvard Business Review

Osborne: Seed EIS To Boost Start-Up Investment Growth Business UK

More Startup info atTechStartHub
http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/14/can-only-startups-innovatea-brief-history-of-acquisitions/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/14/can-only-startups-innovatea-brief-history-of-acquisitions/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/14/yelps-ipo-will-test-the-flaws-in-its-business-model/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/14/yelps-ipo-will-test-the-flaws-in-its-business-model/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/13/noo-com-launches-the-most-creativenew-years-eve-2012-party-in-the-world-to-give-water/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/13/noo-com-launches-the-most-creativenew-years-eve-2012-party-in-the-world-to-give-water/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/13/noo-com-launches-the-most-creativenew-years-eve-2012-party-in-the-world-to-give-water/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/13/tech-startup-2tor-rides-surge-in-online-education/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/13/tech-startup-2tor-rides-surge-in-online-education/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/12/three-ways-to-export-into-new-markets/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/12/three-ways-to-export-into-new-markets/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/12/dont-trust-your-gut-with-assortment-planning/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/12/dont-trust-your-gut-with-assortment-planning/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/11/stop-competing-to-be-the-best/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/11/stop-competing-to-be-the-best/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/11/osborne-seed-eis-to-boost-start-up-investment/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/11/osborne-seed-eis-to-boost-start-up-investment/http://www.techstarthub.com/http://www.techstarthub.com/http://www.techstarthub.com/http://www.techstarthub.com/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/11/osborne-seed-eis-to-boost-start-up-investment/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/11/stop-competing-to-be-the-best/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/12/dont-trust-your-gut-with-assortment-planning/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/12/three-ways-to-export-into-new-markets/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/13/tech-startup-2tor-rides-surge-in-online-education/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/13/noo-com-launches-the-most-creativenew-years-eve-2012-party-in-the-world-to-give-water/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/13/noo-com-launches-the-most-creativenew-years-eve-2012-party-in-the-world-to-give-water/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/14/yelps-ipo-will-test-the-flaws-in-its-business-model/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/14/can-only-startups-innovatea-brief-history-of-acquisitions/

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