"Blockchain will become the beating heart of the finance industry." // World Economic Forum Report: Future of Financial Infrastructure
"The media is a food chain that would fall apart without local newspapers." - John Oliver // Journalism (Last Week Tonight on HBO)
"Success is sweeter when you've had to grind for it and had to stumble a few times." // Stranger Things (Hollywood's Next Big Thing)
NASA $65M award for deep space habitats. SpaceX Falcon 9 drone ship landing (+ testing Mars Colonial Transporter engine). Wireless hack can unlock 100M Volkswagens. Greenland shark longest living vertebrate (400 yrs). World Chess Championship (Nov 11-30) @ South St Seaport. Brooklyn 3rd largest city by 2020? And Bolt's record 3rd consecutive 100m gold!
Jet.com's $3.3B acquisition (by Walmart) is largest exit ever for a NYC / NJ tech startup & also largest U.S. e-commerce deal ever. Nice, yo!
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 ==> America's Greatest Makers: Season 2 ($1M award; Casting call for designers, engineers, inventors & makers building next big smart connected device; With Intel, Survivor's Mark Burnett, MGM TV); apply by Aug 19.
ANNOUNCING ==> YCombinator Startup School (FREE) w/ Reid Hoffman (Founder @ LinkedIn & VC @ Greylock), Marc Andreessen (VC @ a16z), Ben Silbermann (Founder @ Pinterest), Kalam Dennis & Reham Fagiri (Co-Founders @ AptDeco); apply by Aug 15.
ANNOUNCING ==> LeBron Pitch (Endorsement from LeBron James & promotion on CNBC); apply by Aug 18. Healthy Public Challenge (Solns for healthy society; 3 categories - Civic Cohesion, Civic Agency, Public Assets; $10K, 10 teams; 6 months of support; Info session Aug 22); apply by Sep 16.
ANNOUNCING ==> #BUILTBYGIRLS Challenge (Sep 08-14; Pitch competition for tech projects built by girls & judged by girls; 15-18 yr olds; Teams of up to 4; Winners fly to SF to pitch in front of tech moguls & change makers); apply by Aug 15.
ANNOUNCING ==> French Tech Ticket (Global competition for entrepreneurs to create their startups in France; 12 months; Starts Jan 2017; 70 int'l startups; 41 partner incubators in France); apply by Aug 24.
CAUSE ==> Thru Aug 28 Charity:Water 10 Years @ The Winter Garden (Raising awareness for 663M people living w/o clean water around the world).
DON'T MISS! ==> Sep 15 Northeast JavaScript Conference w/ John Masse (Director Front End, Priceline.com), Brian Jenks (Founder, Droplit), Jamil Spain (API Connect Solns Architect, IBM), Jeff Fox (Starwood), Ed Faulkner (MIT); 2 FREE Passes ($395 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Aug 17 Investor Roundtable + Summer Reception w/ Roger Chen (Genacast VC), Sumeet Shah (Brand Foundry), Meghan Cross (Red Bear Angels), Brian Aoaeh (KEC VC), Allison Kern (StarVest), Humphrey Chen (HBS Angels), Paul Capon (LunaCap VC); 5 FREE Passes!
DON'T MISS! ==> Aug 23 Virtual Reality Future w/ Edwin Rogers (Founder, VR Video), Micah Brown (CEO, Centiment.io), Alex Chechelnitsky (Koncept VR), Lex Dreitser (CEO, VRVU), Tony Mugavero (CEO, LittlStar), Woody Pognon (Founder, EMD Agency); 5 FREE Passes!
DON'T MISS! ==> Aug 18 Flash Pitch w/ Brittany Gorevic (Lattice Ventures), Andrew Der (Verizon Ventures), Jason Shuman (Corigin Ventures) + 6 companies give 2 min pitches; 10 FREE Passes!
DON'T MISS! ==> Aug 24 Tech Talk: Israeli Firms Go Global w/ Yoav Naveh (Founder/CEO, Convert Media, video advertising platform acquired by Taboola); 5 FREE Passes! Sep 01 Startup Conversation w/ Soraya Darabi (Angel Investor & Co-Founder, Zady); 10 FREE Passes!
DON'T MISS! ==> Sep 10 Life Hacks: Optimize Life & Biz w/ Jon Levy (Behavior Scientist & Founder, Influencers); 2 FREE Passes ($65 each)! Sep 13 Branded Content Roundtable (Branded entertainment, content mktg, native advertising); 4 FREE Passes ($60 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Aug 19-21 WeWork Summer Camp (Schmooze cruise, yoga, concerts, water skiing, wine tasting). Aug 20 24 Hours in VR Hackathon. Sep 16 Civic Engagement Hackathon . Sep 27 BrexitCon w/ Wharton School.
Aug 16 FastPay Roundtable: Debt vs Equity (FREE) w/ Ian Sigalow (Greycroft VC), Urs Cete (BDMI VC), Sutian Dong (Female Founders Fund), Michael Moretti (Silicon Valley Bank). Aug 24 FinTech Transforming Wallet (FREE) w/ Stan Guzik (CTO, CommonBond), Wescott Capital, MasterCard.
Aug 17 Blockchain Conference w/ Jeremy Drane (Dir. FinTech, PwC), Joyce Shen (Dir. Emerging Tech, Thomson Reuters), Gregory Simon (Founder, Loyyal), Ron Quaranta (Chairman, Wall St Blockchain Alliance), Yorke Rhodes (Blockchain @ Microsoft); 10 FREE Passes ($400)!
Aug 25 Food Investing Conference w/ Gabriele Corcos (Host, Cooking Channel's Extra Virgin), Shen Tong (Founder, Food X), Toan Huynh (37 Angels), Janis Collins (Founder, The Refinery), Zalmi Duchman (Fresh Diet), Kevin McGovern (Angel Investor); 3 FREE Passes ($485)!
Sep 21 TEDxFultonStreetSalon (Things You Can't Have) w/ Amy Sacco (Nightclub Empress), Joe Lipton (Currency Creator), Roderick Romero (Treehouse Architect), Matt Swift (Concordia Summit) & Galinsky & Deep Singh (Street Poet & Tabla Musician); 3 FREE Passes ($65 each)!
Sep 22 NYC Media Lab 2016 w/ keynotes by Jim Bankoff (CEO, Vox) & Emily Bell (Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism @ Columbia Journalism School) + workshops & demos on themes from machine learning in media to VR/360 videos; 5 FREE Passes ($150 each)!
Sep 22 MarketplaceLIVE (+ Hackathon) w/ keynote by Jonah Peretti (Founder/CEO, BuzzFeed), technical deep dives w/ cloud infrastructure experts + rooftop party; 15 FREE Passes ($150 each)!
Oct 15 / Oct 18 Product School incl. Weekend Edition (Oct 15 - Dec 17; Sat: 9:30am - 3:30pm) & Weekday Edition (Oct 18 - Dec 15; Tue & Thu 6:30-9pm).
FREE PASSES! (details) ==> Aug 16 VC Insider: Raising Money (Samsung Global Innovation, Bowery Capital). Aug 16 PitchSwap. Aug 17 SheWorx Breakfast w/ Erin Pettigrew (ex-Chief Strategy Officer, Gawker). Aug 17 Conference Malmo: Exploring Alternative Futures.
Mo' FREE Passes! (details) ==> Aug 22 Microsoft Hololens Experience. Aug 23 Women In Tech: Resume Review. Aug 24 Rock Climbing w/ Gabe Flateman (CTO, Casper). Aug 24 MiTech Pitch Day w/ Christine Souffrant (Caribbean Startups Accelerator).
Mo' FREE Passes! (details) ==> Aug 24 SheWorx Breakfast w/ Bernadette Aulestia (EVP, HBO). Aug 25 HER: Freelance Economy. Aug 31 High NY: How to Home Grow w/ High Times. Sep 21 Brunchwork w/ Betterment & Flatiron Health.
UPCOMING EVENTS ==> Aug 16 IoT Lightning Talks. Aug 16 Sendgrid Office Hrs. Aug 17 Product Mgmt Transition Lessons w/ Jonathan Lai (Product Mgr, Compass). Aug 18 Causal Inference From Complex & Uncertain Data.
Mo' Upcoming Events ==> Aug 25 Machine Learning In High Frequency Trading w/ Gaurav Chakravorty (Qplum). Sep 07 IoT Central w/ Dom Guinard (Author, Web of Things). Sep 14 Product Mgmt Happy Hr.
CLASSES ==> Aug 24 B2B Product Mgr World. Aug 31 Product Mgr: Mobile Analytics & Engagement w/ Arkady Fridman (CleverTap). Sep 07 Product Mgmt Info Session. Sep 08 Speaking Proposals Workshop For Devs.
DEADLINES ==> Aug 19 Endless Summer (3-nights w/ Airbnb anywhere; With Delta, Q, Breather). Aug 26 Planet Of Apps Reality TV (Open casting call; With Apple & ProductHunt). Aug 31 Global Business Exchange Milan (10 companies; 6 months; Starts Sep; With City of Milan & NYCEDC).
Mo' Deadlines ==> Sep 02 100&Change ($100M; Solve global problems; By MacArthur Fdn). Sep 06 URBAN-X Accelerator (Engg City as Service; $60K; 3.5 months; Visit HAX in Shenzhen & MINI in Munich). Sep 23 PILOT Challenge (Innovate production, distribution & display).
Mo' Deadlines ==> A.I. NexusLab (4 months; $100k; 8% equity; With NYU Future Labs, Tandon Engg & ffVC). Geeks On A Beach (Aug 25-26; @ Panglao Island, Philippines; With 500 Startups, Techstars). Flow Journeys (Sep 29 - Oct 02; @ Iceland; Ice-climbing, volcano lunch, secret lagoon).
DEALS ==> Shutterstock PowerPoint Add-in (Millions of high-quality photos & illustrations; Free image for first 25K folks). Phone.com Pro (Phone service in the cloud; 50% off; Customers incl. BarkBox, Trello, Insightly).
CONGRATS! ==> Ron & Kaltura (open-source video) raised $50M. Philippe, Justin & Refinery29 (digital media site for women) raised $45M. Viridis Learning (connecting college students & employers) raised $3.2M. Fraser, Kareem, Rob & Koko (cognitive therapy tech) raised $2.5M.
Mo' Congrats! ==> Brian & MightyTV (video discovery app) raised $2M. Joel, Ryan & Simple Contacts raised funding. General Assembly acquired Bitmaker.
Acct Mgr at Webbys, Frontend at PRoPS, Office Mgr at Compass, Mktg at Bonobos, Backend at Vimeo, CFO at Orchard, Product at Orchard, Network Lead at DataKind, Social Media at Sesame Workshop, Biz Dev at Dentons, Video at NY Post, Frontend at Stealth, Mktg at Conversocial, Design at AptDeco, Sales at CUPS, Director Tech at Civic Hall, Director UX at Civic Hall, Design at Truffle Pig,
Until next week :)
Gary
(aka "The Guy with the Red Tie")
Word on the Streets: "GarysGuide is an institution!" - Ryan Armbrust (Managing Director, ff Venture Capital)
Thanks, Ryan! :)
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CRISPR & upcoming genetic revolution could change EVERYTHING creating world of genetically modified humans, reversal of aging and end of all diseases. Crazy, yo!
Porsche Mission E is an all-electric concept sportscar which'll be have eye-tracking, 80% battery charge in 15m, inductive wireless charging, 0-62 mph in < 3.5s and range of 310 Miles.
Hanging Meadows is winner of competition to redesign World's Fair State Pavilion (@ Queens' Flushing Meadows-Corona Park) as a public space similar to the High Line.
Augmented reality (using Microsoft HoloLens) could change how architects design buildings w/ projection of pedestrians & vehicles & immersive exploration inside buildings.
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