new york silicon alley weekly newsletter 30-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 30 DECEMBER 2011

Hi,

I hope you're having a wonderful week. I look forward to seeing you in the new

year, till then, have a wonderful new years celebration.

Happy New Year & Best Wishes!

Luisa

E V E N T S

New York Silicon Alley January Meetup Startup Night

January 24, 2012 6:30 PM

ContraStudios, 122 West 26th Street, Chelsea, NY

[RSVP HERE]

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]

02-Jan:New Year Kick-Off Happy Hour

03-Jan:Elite Professionals Weekly Morning Meetup

03-Jan:Meet members/roundtable discussion
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03-Jan:Nightours: Work Hard, Play Harder Late at Night

04-Jan:Entrepreneurs Meet Developers

05-Jan:First Thursday Free Workspace/Networking

05-Jan:Hacker Hours - office hours for programming help

05-Jan:Bayesian Generalized Linear Models and Appropriate Default Prior

07-Jan:NYC Startup and Dim Sum Enthusiasts Meetup

08-Jan:G&S Meetup

I N T H E N E W S

CyberCoders Releases the Top 10 Tech Jobs for New York in 2012 December 29,

2011

The Leading Technology Recruiting Opens New York Office and Reveals the Hottest

Technology Jobs in New Yorks Silicon Alley

Tisch Out of Water:

David Tisch Navigates Startupland and Comes Out a TechStar December 29, 2011

Overcoming the hurdles of privilege with the New York tech worlds new crown

prince.

2012 Preview: Top Tech Companies to Watch in Silicon Alley December 28, 2011

The technology sector in New York City flourished in 2011. Not only did fundingdollars pour into young companies, but business leaders partnered with young

companies more than ever.

Silicon Alley: A 2011 Year in Review December 27, 2011

This year NY was swept off its feet by young entrepreneurs ready call the city the

birthplace of their visions. Older brands began to reach out to the youth. The

young, insatiable minds of NY had more mentorships than ever before,

IBTimesnotes. The number of young people coming to NYC to build a company in
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the most creative place in the world, it just clicked, Brian Cohen, chairman of the

New York Angels, told IBTimes. It didnt take a long time.

J O B S

UI IX designer / developer@ eReceipts (Full-Time) [London, UK]

A detail oriented, pixel perfect craftsman. Someone who can weave HTML5, CSS3

and Javascript to delight our customers. Someone who enjoys a startup, high

pressure, high reward environment. Waldo. Someone who laughs in the face of

learning curves and lives on the bleeding edge of design. Someone who is brimming

with ambition and bursting with creativity. A self-starter. Responsible and self-

motivated; able to accomplish tasks with minimal guidance and work effectively

with a small hands-off team. Students are encouraged to apply as well.

iPhone/Android App Developer@ Rippll (Full-Time) [London, UK]

An excellent opportunity for a Junior iPhone/Android developer to improve your

skill set and gain valuable experience publishing a range of apps including location

based and social software or for a student of computer programming to learn aboutiPhone/Android development at an established apps development company in

London.

Senior Developer PHP,RUBY, JS, Backbone, Nginx & CakePHP @ Skylight

Interactive (Full-Time) [London, UK]

Your role will be to contribute to the development of Skylight and associated

products, as well as to take command of a variety of bespoke websites and web

applications for clients. You will be encouraged to learn and develop your skills andwe have a lot to share with someone keen to learn. We almost exclusively use the

Ruby on Rails, JS and CakePHP, familiarity with these or a similar MVC framework

is important. We generally use agile practices such as continuous prototyping, just

build it and TDD.

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

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

mission through development and deployment of its web presence. This requiresenvisioning the service offerings as a web-based business, leading implementation
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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 and

enthusiastic.

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

A Startup Store in Beta, New York City Concierge

How Do Co-Founders Meet? 17 Startups Tell All Mashable

Worlds Fastest Growing Ecommerce

Company Fab.Com Closes $40M Investment Round Tech.li

Exactly How Online Video

Marketing May Level Up Your Organization RWC Startup

Tech Angels 10 Commandments for Startups Business Weekly

Retail Success is About Whos Working When Harvard Business Review

Innovation Is Everyones Job Harvard Business Review

The Funding Gap Gust

Five Affordable Consumer Research Tools Entrepreneur

Lean Startups? I Prefer Mine Phat Xconomy

People Are Not Your Greatest Asset Harvard Business Review

To Grow, Leave What You Know Behind Harvard Business Review

More Startup info atTechStartHub
http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/28/a-startup-store-in-beta-new-york-city/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/28/a-startup-store-in-beta-new-york-city/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/28/how-do-co-founders-meet-17-startups-tell-all/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/28/how-do-co-founders-meet-17-startups-tell-all/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/27/worlds-fastest-growing-ecommerce-companyfab-com-closes-40m-investment-round/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/27/worlds-fastest-growing-ecommerce-companyfab-com-closes-40m-investment-round/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/27/worlds-fastest-growing-ecommerce-companyfab-com-closes-40m-investment-round/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/27/worlds-fastest-growing-ecommerce-companyfab-com-closes-40m-investment-round/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/27/worlds-fastest-growing-ecommerce-companyfab-com-closes-40m-investment-round/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/27/exactly-how-online-video-marketing-may-level-up-your-organization/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/27/exactly-how-online-video-marketing-may-level-up-your-organization/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/27/exactly-how-online-video-marketing-may-level-up-your-organization/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/26/tech-angels-10-commandments-for-startups/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/26/tech-angels-10-commandments-for-startups/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/26/retail-success-is-about-whos-working-when/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/26/retail-success-is-about-whos-working-when/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/25/innovation-is-everyones-job/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/25/innovation-is-everyones-job/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/25/the-funding-gap/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/25/the-funding-gap/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/24/five-affordable-consumer-research-tools/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/24/five-affordable-consumer-research-tools/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/24/lean-startups-i-prefer-mine-phat/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/24/lean-startups-i-prefer-mine-phat/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/23/people-are-not-your-greatest-asset/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/23/people-are-not-your-greatest-asset/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/23/to-grow-leave-what-you-know-behind/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/23/to-grow-leave-what-you-know-behind/http://www.techstarthub.com/http://www.techstarthub.com/http://www.techstarthub.com/http://www.techstarthub.com/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/23/to-grow-leave-what-you-know-behind/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/23/people-are-not-your-greatest-asset/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/24/lean-startups-i-prefer-mine-phat/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/24/five-affordable-consumer-research-tools/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/25/the-funding-gap/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/25/innovation-is-everyones-job/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/26/retail-success-is-about-whos-working-when/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/26/tech-angels-10-commandments-for-startups/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/27/exactly-how-online-video-marketing-may-level-up-your-organization/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/27/exactly-how-online-video-marketing-may-level-up-your-organization/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/27/worlds-fastest-growing-ecommerce-companyfab-com-closes-40m-investment-round/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/27/worlds-fastest-growing-ecommerce-companyfab-com-closes-40m-investment-round/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/28/how-do-co-founders-meet-17-startups-tell-all/http://www.techstarthub.com/2011/12/28/a-startup-store-in-beta-new-york-city/

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