Tech@NYU Hosts: NYU Startup Week Spring 2011!
Every semester, Tech@NYU organizes a week-long event full of hacking, networking, and learning to celebrate the thriving startup scene in NYC. We've held three so far - this one is our best yet.
RESERVE TICKETS BELOW!
Eventbrite Page -
http://www.eventbrite.com/org/1010859831
>>> Thursday, 4/7: Keynote Speakers
Brad Feld, Adam Rich, and Nate Westheimer
http://nyusw2011-keynote.eventbrite.com/
>>> Friday, 4/8: Startup Job Fair at AOL Ventures
Engineers only - 1:00-2:30pm
Everyone - 2:30-5:00pm
http://bit.ly/JobSeekerApp
>>> Friday, 4/8: NYU Student Entrepreneur Mingle
A student-only mingle with speaker David Tisch of TechStars.
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1511604249/eorg
>>> Saturday-Sunday, 4/9-4/10: hackNY Student Hackathon
For 24 hours, code-loving students from all universities come to hack away on the hottest NYC startup APIs.
http://hackny.org/a/2011/03/spring-2010-hackathon-student-registration/
>>> Monday, 4/11: Develop, Design, Pitch Series
First off is a technical lecture by mongoDB geared towards those with a knack for development. Kevin Kearney and Courtney Lewis of Hard Candy Shell will follow. Then Eric Friedman wraps up the day with his lessons in Biz Dev at foursquare.
http://nyusw2011-ddp.eventbrite.com/
>>> Tuesday, 4/12: Variety of Tech Entrepreneurs Panel
--Web/Mobile Panel:
Spencer Fry, Carbonmade co-founder
Hilary Mason, chief data scientist at bit.ly
Vin Vacanti, Yipit co-founder
--Biotech, Cleantech, Social Panel:
Yasser Ansari, co-founder of Project Noah
Seth Frader-Thompson, CEO/founder of EnergyHub
Colin Freund, CBO at Agennix AG
James McChullouhgh, CEO/co-founder of Exosome Diagnostics
http://nyusw2011-panels.eventbrite.com/
>>> Wednesday, 4/13: Online Communities
Learn all about building a successful business around online communities!
Kyle Bragger, Forrst founder, lead developer
Chris Maguire, Posling co-founder and ice cream eating champion
Joe Alminawi, OMGPOP community manager
Anthony De Rosa, Neighborhoodr co-founder
Vanessa Bertozzi, Etsy director of community and education
Peter Rojas, gdgt editor, co-founder
http://nyusw2011-communities.eventbrite.com/
>>> Thursday, 4/14: Fundraising: VCs, Angels and Accelerators
Top venture capitalists, angel investors, and accelerator founders share how to raise money and how to win over investors’ hearts.
Chris Dixon, Partner & Founder of Founder Collective
Albert Wenger, Partner at Union Square Ventures
Lawrence Lenihan, CEO & Founder of Firstmark Capital
Hilary Gosher, Managing Director at Insite Venture Partners
David Tisch, Managing Director of TechStars NYC office
http://nyusw2011-vc.eventbrite.com/
* Note: the lineup may change, likely to become orders-of-magnitude more amazing.
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We'll keep you updated with specific details as the date approaches!
Again, to get emails, go to:
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FOR MORE INFO:
We're an organization driven by dedicated, accomplished students passionate about startup culture. If you want to get in touch, find us at:
www.techatnyu.com. We would like to thank our premiere sponsor, OMGPOP (
www.omgpop.com). This wouldn’t have been possible without them. We would also like to thank the following: TechStars, hackNY, bit.ly, Startup Weekend, ditto, Rackspace, 20x200, hunch, foursquare, CityRover, mongoDB, Forrst, hashable, and buzzd for their support in helping us put this together.
OUR ORGANIZERS:
Ben Wolff – President - @bnwolff
Vivek Patel – Treasurer - @revivek
Max Stoller - @maxstoller
Sutian Dong - @sutiandong
Matylda Czarnecka - @matylda
Eric Hong - @erichong
Jared Wyatt - @wyattisimo
Jeremiah Malina - @jjmalina
Tengchao Zhou - @ffmaer
Chelsea Stark - @chelseabot
Chao Li - @cli6cli6
Andrew Flockhart - @andrewflockhart
Ali Shah - @blackrabbit
