"70 yrs ago, six Philly women became world's first digital computer programmers." // ENIAC: World's First Computer ... FYI, Feb 25 is Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day
"By 2020, we'll reach 2–3-nanometre limit, where features are just 10 atoms across & electron behavior governed by quantum uncertainties making transistors hopelessly unreliable." // End Of Moore's Law?
"A decade ago, for every dollar a VC raised from LPs, a dollar went into a startup. Now, for every dollar a VC raises, $2.50 goes into a startup." // Startup Valuations
Verizon/Aol interested in Yahoo. Opera acquired ($1.2B). Google self-driving car gets license. Pandora for sale? Amazon Lumberyard free 3D game engine (w/ zombie clause). Apple's 1st scripted TV. Whole Foods tattoo parlors? Valentine's Day cold record (-1°). And Deadpool biggest R-rated opening ever!
Gravitational Waves (ripples in space-time fabric by collapsing stars or black hole collisions) confirmed! First predicted by Einstein 100 yrs ago. Neil deGrasse Tyson explains. Science, yo!
NEW THINGS ==> Subspotting App, Halo Brain Stimulation, Anchor Radio & Latch Smart Lock.
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 ==> hackNY Student Hackathon (Apr 02-03 @ NYU Courant; 24 hr coding sprints; API demos by startups; Limited slots); register now. YCombinator Female Founders Conference (Apr 04); apply to attend.
ANNOUNCING ==> vLAB Global CIO-to-Startup Challenge (Feb 25 @ WeWork; Pitch startup to global CIOs; Submit solns to painpoints & get Fortune 500 customers; List of CIO challenges).
ANNOUNCING ==> Google IoT Research Award Pilot (Focus on physical web, beacons, bluetooth), apply by Feb 29. America Needs You Fellows Program (For high-achieving, low-income college students; Grants, mentorship, workshop, internships); apply by Mar 01.
ANNOUNCING ==> Vimeo: Share The Screen (Funding female filmmaker projects). Pitch For People (For non-profit or for-profit social ventures); apply by Feb 20. InnovateNYP: Pediatric Appathon (Mar 12; $10K prizes; Tech to improve child's care); apply.
ANNOUNCING ==> TED Residency (Apr 01 - Jul 01; Develop idea @ TED's SoHo HQ); apply by Feb 24. Techstars NYC (Starts in July; Focus on VR/AR, A.I., Machine Learning, Blockchain, Mobile, Genomics); apply by Mar 20.
CAUSE ==> Feb 25 Diversity In Tech Awards (Celebrate diversity in STEM: Science, Tech, Engg, Math; With Code/Interactive, DJ Y3LDA & music by Ryan Leslie); 2 FREE VIP Passes ($200).
SPACES ==> Quotidian Ventures qLabs (@ Mad Sq Park; For 1-8 person startups; $600/mo); email Pedro. Techstars NYC (@ Broadway & 39th; Access to events & office hrs; $450/mo); email Jill. Scout Ventures (@ 47 Murray St; Available starting March; $500/mo); email Corey.
DON'T MISS! ==> Feb 17 Modern Media Business w/ Tiffany Pham (Founder, Mogul), Miguel Calderon (President, Elite Daily), Heidi Moore (Editor, Mashable); 10 FREE Passes! Feb 18 HER: Women In Beauty w/ Alanna Gregory (CEO, Vive), Julia Straus (CEO, TULA); 10 FREE Passes!
DON'T MISS! ==> Feb 22 VentureBeat Marketing.FWD Summit w/ Andrew Donkin (Brand Mktg Head, Amazon), Brad Smallwood (VP Mktg, Facebook), Dana Anderson (CMO, Mondelēz), Pepijn Rijvers (CMO, Booking.com), Jon Potter (CMO, Moet Hennessy), Barbara Messing (CMO, TripAdvisor).
DON'T MISS! ==> Feb 22 Fashion & E-Commerce Micro-Summit w/ Adam Karp (CMO, 1stdibs), Amit Shah (1800flowers); 2 FREE Passes! Feb 23 VC Insider: Raising Money w/ Skyler Fernandes (Simon Ventures), Alex Iskold (Techstars), Sumeet Shah (Brand Foundry VC); 5 FREE Passes!
DON'T MISS! ==> Feb 25 Personalization-palooza 2016 w/ Nick Rockwell (CTO, NY Times), Haile Owasu (Chief Data Scientist, Mashable), Matt Turck (FirstMark Capital), Phil Wiser (CTO, Hearst), Pancrazio Auteri (CTO, ContentWise), Vidhya Murali (Spotify); 2 FREE Passes ($133 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Mar 03 Conversation With Casper w/ Philip Krim (Co-Founder/CEO, Casper) & Luke Sherwin (Co-Founder/CCO, Casper); 10 FREE Passes! Feb 24 SalesHacker: Sales Acceleration Platforms (Conductor, Greenhouse, Namely, Managed By Q); 10 FREE Passes!
DON'T MISS! ==> Mar 05-11 Genius Week @ 92Y incl. Invention & Immortality (Ray Kurzweil & Neil deGrasse Tyson), Industries of Future (Alec Ross), A.I. (Risks vs Rewards), Industrial Light & Magic (James Clyne, Star Wars: Force Awakens & Jason Smith, Oscar Nominee for The Revenant).
DON'T MISS! ==> Feb 17 TED Livestream. Feb 17 Pilot Health Tech Day. Feb 20 Info Architecture Day. Feb 21-27 Engineers Week. Feb 22-25 Hack Summit (largest hackathon). Feb 22-26 Social Media Week. Mar 04-06 Drone Film Festival. Thru Apr 17 Silicon City.
Mar 11-15 SXSW 2016 Parties Guide (In Austin, TX; Have event? Email me or add it here).
Feb 17 Enterprise Tech (Bloomberg Beta, Boldstart VC, Bowery Capital, Primary VC); 5 FREE Passes! Feb 18 Flash Pitch (ffVC, FinTech Collective); 10 FREE Passes! Feb 18 Fundraising Landscape (FREE) w/ Bessemer VC, Red Sea Ventures, Insight VC, Greycroft.
Feb 19 Private Equity & VC Conference (By Columbia Biz School) w/ David Rubenstein (Founder, Carlyle Group), Molly Ashby (CEO, Solera Capital), Anton Levy (General Atlantic); 2 FREE Passes ($395)! Feb 22 Machine Learning Workshops (Python, Big Data, Spark); 3 FREE Passes ($499)!
Feb 23 Health & BioTech Summit w/ founders Michael Keriakos (Everyday Health), Jay Parkinson (Sherpaa), Joe Blewitt (Epion Health), Alex Jaimes (CTO, AiCure), Paul Ehrlich (Gotham VC). 25% off w/ "GG16". Wanna pitch? Email Jim. 2 FREE Passes ($395 each)!
Feb 23 Digital Advertising: Survival vs Failing (FREE) w/ Eric Franchi (Founder, Undertone), Claudia Iannazzo (Pereg VC), Gina Waldhorn (Co-Founder, Evol8tion). Feb 23 Publisher Roundtable (AdTech Stacks); 4 FREE Passes ($60)!
Apr 21 New York TechDay @ Pier 94 (30K+ attendees & 550+ of world’s hottest startups & tech companies). Feb 28 BUILD By Brunchwork (Influencers, Bain Capital VC); 2 FREE Passes ($150)!
Apr 26 Empire Startups: FinTech Startups Conference (Demos by top FinTech startups; Network w/ FinTech investors & founders).
FREE PASSES! (details) ==> Feb 17 Startup Grind w/ Chet Kanojia (Decibel Incubator). Feb 18 Exit Strategy. Feb 18 Latino Tech Competition. Feb 23 Elements Of Speed. Feb 24 High NY: Next Gen Cannabis Leaders. Feb 24 VentureOut: Polish Pitch Night.
Mo' FREE PASSES! (details) ==> Feb 24 Startup Climbing. Feb 26 Service Design Jam. Feb 27 Video Journalism Bootcamp. Mar 01 Israeli Startups Pitch Night. Mar 08 Confidence Game w/ best-selling author Maria Konnikova (Mastermind: Think Like Sherlock Holmes).
Mo' FREE PASSES! (details) ==> Mar 08 Product Politics (Alpha UX, Creative Good). Mar 08 Social Entrepreneurship. Mar 09 VentureOut: French Tech Connection. Mar 13 Brunch & Mimosas w/ Alex Iskold (MD, Techstars NYC) & Nick Devane (Founder, Homemade).
UPCOMING EVENTS ==> Feb 24 NYU $200K Venture Challenge. Mar 06 Orange Party (Benefiting Parkinson's Research). Mar 16 IoT Demo Night @ WeWork.
CLASSES ==> Feb 16 Facebook Marketing (Vincent Bourzeix) @ Tekserve Studio. Feb 16 Ace Your Dev Bootcamp Interview @ Dev Bootcamp. Feb 17 Neuromarketing (Cosmo Grill) @ Tekserve Studio. Feb 17 iOS App Dev w/ Swift @ Noble.
Mo' Classes! ==> Mar 05 Data Science w/ R: Data Analysis & Visualization. Mar 05 Data Science w/ R: Machine Learning. Mar 06 Data Science w/ Python: Data Analysis & Visualization.
SPACES ==> The Farm (SoHo; $250/mo shared & $400/mo dedicated; 1 FREE month). District Cowork (NoMad; $250/mo; FREE day pass: mention "GarysGuide").
DEADLINES ==> Feb 15 7 Days Of Giving Startup Challenge ($17K; With 92Y). Feb 16 Serval Ventures Accelerator (4 mo; $25K). Feb 17 Urban-X City-as-a-Service ($60K; MINI & HAX Hardware Accelerator). Toyota + Net Impact Next Gen Mobility Challenge (Feb 19).
Mo' Deadlines ==> Feb 21 Founder Institute (Info session Feb 16). Feb 21 TCS NYC Marathon (Nov 06). Feb 21 PitchIt @ LendIt (Finalists pitch @ LendIt Apr 11). Feb 29 Social Impact Awards ($10K). Feb 26 Tech/Creative Ctr RFP (124 E 14th St).
Mo' Deadlines ==> Mar 11 TechHire Federal Grants ($100M; Tech training for low income, disability). Google Launchpad Accelerator ($50K equity-free; Brazil, India, Indonesia). NASA Mission to Mars (pilots, engineers, scientists). XPRIZE: Carbon ($20M).
CONGRATS! ==> Rabih & Scriptr (IoT cloud platform) raised $4M. David & Stash (investment app for millennials) raised $3M. Alex, Romain & Gorgias (A.I. powered help-desk) raised $1.5M. Alexandra & Lulu (dating app) acquired by Badoo. Scott Belsky (Behance, Adobe) joining Benchmark Capital.
Mo' Congrats! :) ==> Megan Berry & Scott Robinson (RebelMouse, Adaptly) on engagement. Olivia Gossett & Jordan Cooper (JWT, Lerer Ventures, Wildcard) on engagement.
HAPPY B'DAY! :) ==> Sumeet Shah (Brand Foundry Ventures), Cesar Kuriyama (1 Second Everyday), Azeem Ansar (Facebook), Daniel Ahmadizadeh (Riley), Ramzi Abdoch (McKinsey), Kareem Kouddous (Koko), Sanin Mody (Ojas Capital), Ashwini Anburajan (Social Data Collective).
Community at Kickstarter, Growth Mktg at This Dog's Life, Analyst at Smartling, Design at Nlist, Design at Jet.com, Product Design at Facebook, UX at 4sq, Events at Facebook, Video at Vox Media, Real Estate Agent at TripleMint, Comms Intern at Casper, S/w Engg at AppNexus, Javascript at BeenVerified, Acct Mgr at AppNexus, Design at Betterment, Philanthropy at IDEO, Acct Mgmt at Flite, Community at Behance, Product at Travel Tripper, Acct Mgr at StyleSage, Cash Money at Skimm, Demand Gen at MongoDB, Audience Dev at Above Average, Growth Mktg at AptDeco,
Until next week :)
Gary
(aka "The Guy with the Red Tie")
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Thanks, Samantha! :)
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4D Printing (shapeshifting architecture) developed by Harvard scientists who created new microscale printing w/ hydrogel structures which can change shape when placed in water.
Icon A5 (a.k.a. "Tesla of planes") is an amphibious, personal plane which is light (made of carbon-fiber), small, stylish, surprisingly intuitive & almost affordable ($189K).
CRAM (Compressible Robot w/ Articulated Mechanisms) designed at Berkeley & funded by US Army is a Robot Cockroach w/ a jointed exoskeleton, soft shell & unique, shape-shifting traits.
Color the Temple is a light installation (using projection mapping) by MediaLab @ Met Museum to bring color back to sandstones of Temple of Dendur, showcasing it in its original glory.
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