"New York really drew me from the very beginning. I loved that you could go to a deli at 3 in the morning & it's filled with people. I felt like I was breathing the right kind of air." - Louis C.K.
NASA Curiosity finds water on Mars. Biggest Venture Q1 in 15 yrs. H1B cap. NASA Messenger to Mercury. IBM Watson partnering w/ Apple. $5 Ubers to W'burg. Airwave Drone OS. Google robot army patent. And Time 100.
Congrats Rob, Chad & ETSY on successful IPO ($3.13B market cap, $28 / share, raised $267M) ==> largest venture-backed exit in NYC Tech. Nice, yo! :) And congrats to investor Union Sq Ventures (5th straight yr w/ $1B exit).
As y'all know, my New Years Resolution is to get to know GarysGuide members & subscribers better :) So shoot me an email & introduce yourself!
ANNOUNCING ==> Digital Content Newfronts (Apr 27 - May 07) w/ Buzzfeed, YouTube, Yahoo, Hulu, AOL, Refinery29, VICE. Digital Health Accelerator Info Session (Apr 28). First ever IBM Watson Hackathon (May 04) w/ $25K prizes!
ANNOUNCING ==> 5 Boro Pitch Competition w/ MasterCard, Hatch, NewAer (apply to pitch by Apr 23). Demo Day Marketplace @ Made in NY Media Ctr (apply by Apr 29). Grand Central Tech Accelerator w/ free space, great mentors, zero equity (apply by May 01). ITP Make Education Camp (apply by May 15). Downtown Alliance RFP for biz intelligence DB (apply by May 15).
ANNOUNCING ==> Demo Days coming up ... Blueprint Health (Apr 24), ERA Accelerator (Apr 28), WeWork Labs (Apr 29), NYU Stern $200K Challenge (May 01), Matter Four (Jun 16).
DON'T MISS! ==> Apr 24 #StartupColumbia Festival (+ $250K Venture Competition) w/ Larry Lenihan (FirstMark), Matt Harris (Bain), Joanne Wilson (Angel), Maria Gotsch (Partnership Fund), Robert Refkin (Founder, Compass), Peter Koechley (Founder, Upworthy). 2 Free Passes ($95)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Apr 29 Digital Relationships w/ Liz Myers (TV & Entertainment Content Partnerships, Twitter), David Yarus (Founder, JSwipe). 2 Free Passes ($54)!
DON'T MISS! ==> May 07 DRIVE Conference featuring Kevin O’Leary (Shark Tank) & Aaron Ross (NY Times best-selling author). 3 FREE Passes ($149 value)!
DON'T MISS! ==> May 07 CTO Summit w/ Minerva Tantoco (CTO, NYC), Philip Wiser (CTO, Hearst), Mike Hanrahan (CTO, Jet), Camille Fournier (CTO, RentTheRunway), Liz Crawford (CTO, Birchbox), Geir Magnusson (CTO, AppNexus). 2 FREE Passes ($895 value)!
DON'T MISS! ==> May 18 Internet Week w/ Al Roker (Anchor, TODAY), Minerva Tantoco (CTO, NYC), Nate Silver (ESPN), Coco Rocha (Model), Marc Ecko (Fashion Designer), Philip Krim (Casper), Ben Lerer (Lerer VC). 6 FREE Passes ($350 value)!
DON'T MISS! ==> May 19 Mobile First Summit w/ Chamath Palihapitiya (Social+Capital), Benedict Evans (Andreessen Horowitz), Howard Morgan (First Round), Ed McLaughlin (MasterCard), Christina Mercando (Ringly). By Invite only. 3 FREE Passes ($750 value)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Jun 10 COMPLY Marketing Compliance Summit w/ Kevin Fried (Head of Edu, Google), David Jakubowski (Head of AdTech, Facebook), John Katzman (Founder, Noodle & 2U), Brett Lofgren (CRO, Contently), Sam Cox (VP, MediaMath).
Apr 20 Shorty Awards w/ SNL's Rachel Dratch, Kevin Jonas, Wyclef Jean, Miss Universe, 2 Free Passes ($200)! Apr 21 Games For Change (largest NYC gaming event) w/ Prince Fahad (Saudi Arabia), Oculus, Rovio, 2 Free Passes ($500)!
Apr 22 Tribeca Film Festival Talks: Imagination w/ Astro Teller (Head of Moonshots, Google), Tim Armstrong (CEO, AOL), Ashwin Vasavada (NASA), Jeremy Bailenson (Stanford Virtual Human Lab), Michael Tolkin (CEO, IMAX Labs). 2 Free Passes ($300)!
Apr 23 NY TechDay (largest 1-day startup event, 400+ startups, 15,000+ attendees & its free)! Apr 24 R Conf w/ data scientists Chris Wiggins (NY Times), Rachel Schutt (News Corp), Hilary Parker (Etsy), 2 Free Passes ($550)!
Apr 27 Inside Bitcoin (largest Bitcoin event), 2 Free Passes ($549)! Apr 30 Sales Hacker Conf w/ LinkedIn, Salesloft, ToutApp, Marketo. 3 Free Passes ($800)!
Apr 30 Israeli Startups Series A Demo Night w/ KEC Ventures, Social Internet Fund, Verizon Ventures, Workbench. 5 Free Passes ($80)!
May 01 Weapons Of Mass Distribution (True&Co, Thumbtack, YikYak), 2 Free Passes ($445)! May 02 7-on-7 Artists+Technologists w/ founders Mike Krieger (Instagram), Rus Yusupov (Vine), Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight), Ai Weiwei, 10 Free Invites!
May 04 TechCrunch DISRUPT w/ founders Aaron Levie (Box), Sean Rad (Tinder), Fred Wilson (Union Sq Ventures), Bill Maris (Google Ventures), Marissa Mayer (CEO, Yahoo). 3 FREE Passes ($2999 each)!
May 11 Robo Universe (Wolfram Alpha, Empire Robotics, Lerer VC), 2 Free Passes ($799)! May 14 Westchester Digital Summit w/ CMOs Jerome Hiquet (Tough Mudder), Brad Wilson (Travelocity), John Dokes (AccuWeather), 3 Free Passes ($550)!
May 19 LDV Vision Summit w/ founders Renaud Visage (Eventbrite), Matt Meeker (Bark), Andrew Weissman (Union Sq Ventures), Andrea Frome (Google Brain). 5 Free Passes ($1180)!
May 30 Open Data Science Conf w/ James Hanusa (Founder, Burning Man), Andrew Odewahn (CTO, O'Reilly), Cloudera, Spotify. 4 FREE Passes ($379)!
Jun 10 Marketplace LIVE w/ David Pogue (Yahoo! Tech), Chris Downie (CEO, Telx), John Bandler (Asst. DA, Cybercrime). FREE w/ code "GARYVIP" ($200)!
FREE PASSES! (browse) ==> Apr 21 Visual Storytelling Trends (360i, Giphy). Apr 21 Partnerships That Work (SaleMove, SumAll, SalesBlazer). Apr 21 Knotel Sessions w/ Owen Davis (NYC Seed). Apr 21 Business of Food. Apr 22 Biz Building Blocks. Apr 23 TechBoost For Non-Profits. Apr 23 Open Pitch. Apr 22 CoInvent Media Summit. Apr 23 Securing VC Money.
Mo' FREE Passes! (browse) ==> Apr 23 Gotham VC Forum w/ First Round Capital. Apr 24 Korean Startup Showcase. Apr 27 Smartwatch Kickoff (Scout VC, Android Wear, Citi). Apr 27 Startup Advice w/ Alon Cohen (CTO, Phone.com). Apr 28 VC Insider Raising Money.
Mo' FREE Passes! (browse) ==> Apr 29 Enterprise Upfront w/ Mike Olson (Founder, Cloudera). May 03 Brunch & Mimosas @ Pager. May 07 Startup Grind w/ Minerva Tantoco (CTO, NYC). May 21 Connected Home. Jun 15 Social Recruiting Summit ($149).
Upcoming Events ==> Apr 29 Scaling Cloud Architecture (w/ SoftLayer). Apr 30 IoT Startups. May 01 Village Tech Breakfast w/ Loverly.
Classes ==> Apr 21 Content Mktg @ GA. Apr 21 Front End Web Dev @ Code Crew. Apr 27 Web Design @ Noble. May 16 Data Science w/ R: Data Analysis. May 16 Data Science w/ Python: Data Analysis. May 17 Data Science w/ Python: Machine Learning. May 20 Data Science Intro w/ R. May 20 Making Wearables @ Makery. Jun 01 Data Science Bootcamp (apply by May 01).
DEALS ==> FREE 30 Day Trial to Skillfeed by Shutterstock (70K video tutorials on Entrepreneurship, Idea Validation, Growth, Raising Money, App Dev).
SPACE ==> Beautiful space (pics & details) for sublet by awesome startup near Madison Square Garden. Available July 30. Email for info.
CAUSES ==> May 02 Get Fit or Be Hacking Coding+Fitness Competition (50% off w/ "GARYSGUIDE") benefiting CSNYC (computer science for kids).
DEADLINES ==> Jun 18 Verizon Powerful Answers Award ($6M prizes, Categories incl. emergency response, internet of things, transportation).
Mo' Deadlines ==> Apr 22 SBIR Impact. May 01 500 Startups Accelerator Prep. May 10 Barclays TechStars FinTech Accelerator. May 15 Uber Request API Hackathon. May 17 2015 INK Fellows Program. May 18 NY Digital Health Accelerator. Jun 01 ITP Innovation Lab. Jun 01 SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Competition ($4M prizes).
Mo' Deadlines ==> Women Entrepreneurs Initiative. Shark Tank (apply). Startup Bus. Blueprint Health Collective. Data Bosses (shark tank for data ventures). Health IT Entrepreneurial ($1.45M). VICE + Knight Journalism Innovation Fund ($500K).
Congrats! ==> Jon & Relationship Science raised $31M. Marion, John & Peloton raised $30M. Alan, David & Spring raised $25M. Marcela, Jessica & Hello Alfred raised $10.5M. Avi, Adam & Flatiron School raised $9M. ResiModel raised $3.5M. Estimize raised $3M. Jonathan, Justin, Aaron & TheSquareFoot raised $2M.
Mo' Congrats! ==> Virtu raised $314M in IPO. Rockethub acquired by EFactor for $15M. Quirky acquired Undercurrent. Eric & Medialets acquired by WPP. Splitforce acquired by Localytics. Avon exploring sale.
Mo' Congrats! ==> Nihal (ENIAC VC) & Reshma (GirlsWhoCode) on new baby boy, Shaan :)
Community Mgr at Tsu, Dev at Capitol Justice, GrowthMaster at Pijon, Strategic Projects at WeWork, Designer at Bureau Blank, Product Marketing Mgr at Signpost, Mktg Intern at ffVC, Software Engineer at Loverly, Mktg Mgr at Smartling, Backend Dev at Hevo, Data Engineer at Relational, Ops Engg at Kickstarter, Campaign Coordinator at Bandsintown, UX Designer at Reonomy, Front-End Engineer at Reonomy, Designer at Ceros, Project Mgr at Ceros,
Until next week :)
Gary
(aka "The Guy with the Red Tie")
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