"I have learned to manage, I don’t have a gun to brandish
I walk these streets famished
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame
But damn it’s getting dark so let me spell out the name,
I am the -- A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R" - The amazing Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton
"When I first got into it, nobody knew what it was we were doing. It was the Wild West. There was no course. They didn’t teach it." - Margaret Hamilton, who coined the term 'software engineering' & whose code got us on the Moon
Square IPO'd @ $13.07 (up 45%) & Match IPO'd @ $14.74 (up 23%). SpaceX taking NASA crew to ISS. Bitcoin debit card (1st ever). Google debuts app streaming. Uber Health? Star Wars pre-sales $50M+. Coffee = longevity?! And Knicks' Porzingis amazing vs Rockets.
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 ==> Paris Business Exchange (6 mo. in Paris & NYC; Online Q&A today Nov 23 @ 12pm). Google Launchpad Day (Dec 01 invite-only event; Startups w/ published apps in Play Store work w/ mentors to improve apps & get advice on optimization & monetization); request invite here.
ANNOUNCING ==> Global Virtual Hackathon (IBM & Koding, $150K cash prizes; 60,000+ developers; Themes incl. Data Visualization, Productivity & Games); apply by Dec 09. 30 Weeks Incubator (Founders Program for Designers; With Google, IDEO, Pratt, Kleiner Perkins, Cooper Union); apply by Dec 11.
ANNOUNCING ==> TechHire Grant Competition ($100M federal grants for innovative programs providing tech training to people w/ low income, disability, or limited English proficiency); apply by Mar 11. Request For Proposal by NYCEDC to develop 124 E 14th St (Union Sq) into tech & creative center.
ANNOUNCING ==> Grace Hopper Academy (Coding school for women; Deferred tuition; Apply by early Dec). Fashion Tech Lab (Women-led startups; Themes incl. iBeacon, Wearables, 3D printing); apply by Dec 14. Pilot Health Tech ($1M; With NYCEDC, Health 2.0 & Blueprint Health); apply by Dec 18.
ANNOUNCING ==> Stanford Ignite NYC (Apr 01 - Jun 05; Part-time; Innovation & entrepreneurship program by Stanford B-School); apply by Dec 01. Global Mobile Innovators Tournament (Build future of mobile; With IBM & 4YFN; IoT themes incl. smart homes, travel & healthcare); apply by Jan 06.
CAUSES ==> Nov 23 Code To Inspire: Fundraising Happy Hour (Tech education for female students in Afghanistan) w/ Google Ideas & Deloitte. CharityBuzz Power Lunch w/ Dennis Crowley (Co-Founder/CEO, Foursquare) & Chelsa Crowley (Co-Founder/CEO, Stowaway).
DON'T MISS! ==> Nov 30 MedStartr Momentum w/ Ashish Atreja (CTO, Mt Sinai), Susannah Fox (CTO, HHS), Alex Fair (CEO, Medstartr), Owen Davis (Alpha Prime VC), Zach Silverzweig (Founder, Cipher Health), John Chelico (CMIO, North Shore LIJ); 2 FREE Passes ($129 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 01 CTO Summit w/ On Freund (VP Engg, WeWork), Camille Fournier (ex-CTO, Rent the Runway), Raffi Krikorian (Engg Lead, Uber Advanced Tech Ctr), John Colton (CTO, Squarespace), Ryan Hubbard (CTO, Updater); 2 FREE Passes ($1295 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 01 StrategyChat: Curating Unexpected Partnerships w/ Sam Olstein (Dir. of Global Innovation @ GE) & James Cooper (Chief Creative Officer @ Betaworks); 5 FREE Passes! Dec 04 Raising Startup Capital w/ Arie Abecassis (Venture Partner @ ICONYC); 2 FREE Passes ($90 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 01 Angel Week: Gathering of Angels w/ Kevin Harrington (Shark Tank Investor & TV Legend), Brian Cohen (Chairman, NY Angels), David Beatty (Golden Seeds), Erica Minnihan (1000 Angels), Murat Aktihanoglu (ERA Accelerator); 5 FREE Passes ($195 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 01 Growth Hacking For Startups (Percolate, Ladder Digital, Hypergrow); 10 FREE Passes! Dec 02 FinTech Startups Panel + Holiday Party w/ founders/CEOs David Klein (CommonBond), Mazy Dar (OpenFin), Ryan Feit (SeedInvest) & Yaron Samid (BillGuard); 5 FREE Passes!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 02 Tectonic Summit w/ Robert Cornish (CTO, Int'l Securities Exchange), Craig McLuckie (Google), Lawrence Rau (Verizon Labs), Alex Polvi (CEO, CoreOS), Jonathan Donaldson (Intel), Ryan Thomas (Head of Tech Strategy, BofA), Spike Curtis (Project Calico); 2 FREE Passes ($1000 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Dec 15-17 National Education Week w/ Jaime Casap (Global Education Evangelist, Google), Richard Culatta (EdTech Head, Dept of Edu), Dominic Brewer (Dean, Steinhardt School), Luyen Chou (Pearson). TED-style presentations & SharkTank-style pitches! 2 FREE Passes ($895 each)!
HOLIDAY PARTIES! ==> Dec 01 Women Who Code Party. Dec 02 Women In Wireless Party. Dec 03 TechDrinkup Party. Dec 08 LMHQ Party. Dec 09 Damsels in Design Party (contests, cocktails, treats); 2 FREE Passes!
Thru Nov 25 Make In Italy: 50 Yrs Of Italian Breakthrough (1st PC to 1st Space Espresso; @ Italian Cultural Institute). Dec 02 BigApps Awards. Thru Apr 17 Silicon City: Computer History Made in NY.
Nov 24 Startup Pitch Night @ District Cowork (Rubicon VC, BBG, Bowery Capital); 5 FREE Passes! Dec 01 Baby Animal Video Festival (By Ignite Gotham; Animal costumes highly encouraged); 5 FREE Passes!
Dec 04-06 Break The Banks: FinTech Hackathon (FREE; Presented by TransferWise; NY's best developers, designers, business & creative creating solns to disrupt current banking systems).
Dec 06 Brunch & Mimosas w/ founders David Klein (CommonBond) & Ryan Feit (SeedInvest); 3 FREE Passes! Dec 05 Swiss Re & IBM Hackathon (Make apps w/ theme of personal risk advisor; $10K prizes).
Jan 27 MobileDevHacker: Past Trends & Future Bets @ Microsoft HQ w/ Chris Copeland (CEO, GroupM Next), Pete Dille (CMO, Tapjoy), Wilson Kriegel (CRO, PicsArt), Greg Stuart (CEO, MMA), Ramy Serageldin (COO, Moven), Evan Schwartz (CEO, ActionX).
FREE PASSES! (details) ==> Dec 02 Startup Grind w/ Ulrich Quay (Head of BMW i Ventures). Dec 02 SheWorx Breakfast Club w/ Karin Bellantoni (Founder, Katalyst). Dec 02 Hackers & Hefeweizens German Pitch Night.
Mo' Free Passes! (details) ==> Dec 05 Software for Artists Day (bringing together artists & developers). Dec 08 Intro To Pricing Strategy. Dec 09 SheWorx Breakfast Club w/ Greg Ho (Spring Mtn Capital). Dec 16 Polish Pitch Night.
UPCOMING EVENTS ==> Nov 24 IoT NY w/ Tom Luczak (Co-Founder/CTO, flowthings.io). Dec 01 Wellness For Coders @ Dev Bootcamp. Dec 02 IoT Startup Night w/ IEEE & IoT Central. Dec 07 OWASP NYC @ Goldman Sachs. Dec 16 Product Mgmt Happy Hour.
CLASSES ==> Nov 23 Web Design @ Noble. Nov 30 JavaScript for Beginners @ Dev Bootcamp. Nov 30 Intro To Neuromarketing @ Tekserve. Dec 01 Transition To Product Mgmt @ Product School. Dec 02 Day In The Life Of Product Manager w/ Ravi Patel (VP Product Mgmt, OpenSlat).
Mo' Classes ==> Dec 09 Product Mgmt Info Session w/ Carlos González de Villaumbrosia (CEO, Product School) & Rayyan Islam (VP Product, Beacon & Investor). Dec 11 Bootcamp Open House @ Data Science Academy. Jan 11 Data Science Bootcamp @ Metis.
SPACE ==> District Cowork (Holiday special: $350 / gallery member; Schedule a tour).
DEADLINES ==> Nov 30 Branch Metrics: Mobile Growth Challenge ($10K prizes). Dec 03 FinTech Innovation Lab (12 wks; By Accenture & Partnership Fund NYC). Dec 19 Drone Film Festival (Mar 04-06). Google Digital News Innovation Fund ($170M).
Mo' Deadlines ==> Hour Of Code Volunteer (@ Brooklyn schools during Computer Science Wk Dec 07-13). Code Brooklyn (Computer science @ every school);. Mar 31 Shopify & NYSE: Build A Business (Russell Simmons, Tim Ferriss).
Mo' Deadlines ==> XPRIZE: Carbon ($20M). Verizon Connected Futures Prototype Challenge ($25K). Singularity Accelerator ($100K; Co-work @ NASA). Startup52 Accelerator. Amazon Alexa Fund (Voice startups; $100M).
CONGRATS! ==> Lerer Hippeau Ventures raised $113M Fund V. Ample Hills raised $4M. Randy & Cinematique (touchable video platform) raised $3.5M. Stu & ZipDrug (prescriptions on demand) raised $2.6M. Tom & Nuvolo raised $2M. Russell, Champ, Omar & Phhhoto raised $1.5M.
Mo' Congrats! ==> Fluent acquired by IDI for $100M. Axsome $51M IPO. MediaMath acquired Spree7. Manicube acquired by Elizabeth Arden.
Investment Sales at Seedrs, Python at Knozen, Frontend at OpenSky, Design at PureWow, Paid Media at Dozen Digital, VP Customer Acquisition at X.ai, Product Mgr at Trello, Sr Data Scientist at Metis, Cash Money at The Skimm, Design at WhoSay, Project Mgr at Bosco, QA at TapFury, iOS at Deed Ventures, Dir. Govt Relations at Lyft, Events at Parsely, Sales at Collective[i], Biz Dev at Uptop, Engg Intern at Hullabalu, Design at Troops, Analyst at Shutterstock, Recruiter at FanDuel, Design at ZocDoc, Analyst at Mashable, Android at Appstrakt, Dir. of Ops at ENIAC VC, Venture Fellow at Primary VC, Client Exec at Hired,
Until next week. Happy Thanksgiving! :)
Gary
(aka "The Guy with the Red Tie")
Word on the Streets: "There's this Gary's Guide thing that's awesome to learn about getting into tech and stuff!" - Overheard @ Capital One Labs
Thanks, folks! :)
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Airbus partnering with Aerion for AS2 which will be world's 1st private supersonic jet hitting speeds of 1217 mph making it from London to NYC in 3 hrs. Nice, yo!
Manhattan skyscraper boom will change how NYC skyline will look in 2020 w/ 15 new 700+ ft buildings in Lower Manhattan and 32 700+ ft buildings in Midtown Manhattan.
First look at Cornell Tech Campus (on Roosevelt Island) which’ll be 1/2 mile long & home to 10 bldgs (incl. hotel, central utility plant & coworking spaces). In progress are Bloomberg Ctr and Bridge Bldg.
Smart fitting rooms of the future (powered by Oak Labs) @ Ralph Lauren's Polo 5th Ave flagship equipped w/ RFID tracking for every item, reflected back on mirror doubling as touchscreen.
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