Changing Locations Could Be the Best Thing for your Startup (It Was for Us)

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The lure of doing business in the US, and in NYC particularly, is unyielding; the opportunities for international growth, partnerships and venture capital investment are hard to match in any other place. Pablo Rivera, one of the three co-founders of TopList, an iPhone app for shopping recommendations, shares how an unwavering desire for success lead… Continue reading Changing Locations Could Be the Best Thing for your Startup (It Was for Us)

Top Pitch Opportunities for Startups in NYC

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So, you’ve got a great product idea and even a great team to make it happen, but unless you are blessed with the funds to bootstrap your company, you’ll need some seed funding. Pitch events are one great way to get that funding.Pitching to potential investors is something most startups have to go through, and… Continue reading Top Pitch Opportunities for Startups in NYC

The Brooklyn Boom: A Community of Innovation

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We all know the “garage story” of tech innovation. College dropouts like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, with too much hair and too little grooming, squirrelled away in suburban, West Coast workshops – usually attached to their parents’ house – where they end up developing the next big thing.Today’s makers take a different approach. Here… Continue reading The Brooklyn Boom: A Community of Innovation

Making it in America: Canadian Technology Accelerator Highlight

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The United States is home to essentially every major business vertical there is. With a population of 313.9 million, it is a logical step for Canadians, with a home base of 34.88 million, to look south for their global expansion efforts. For many, starting in the Big Apple is the goal. Nevertheless, breaking into the… Continue reading Making it in America: Canadian Technology Accelerator Highlight

Women Changing the Game in Entrepreneurship

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Who runs the world? Girls. Well, not quite yet, but they are certainly on their way! Women are doing extraordinary things that weren’t even a thought in recent history. The stats are in and the new generation of girls is receiving higher test marks, entering universities at the highest rates in history, and beginning to land… Continue reading Women Changing the Game in Entrepreneurship

Top 10 Recommendations for SXSW

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SXSW has finally arrived. The Austin, Texas based annual affair is one of the world’s largest digital conferences. Each year the five-day event draws more and more international participants and entrepreneurs, and if you’re one of them there’s good reason to get advice on how to navigate the city before you arrive. Here are our… Continue reading Top 10 Recommendations for SXSW

Global Industry Challenge – Bringing Innovative New Manufacturing to NYC

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We are on the verge of a hardware-driven renaissance in urban manufacturing and this new wave of manufacturing will affect not just businesses but individuals as well. As a hub for applied science, commerce, technology and finance, and at the heart of global networks and supply chains, NYC is uniquely placed to benefit from new… Continue reading Global Industry Challenge – Bringing Innovative New Manufacturing to NYC

New York City’s Burgeoning Technology Industry seeks to Revolutionize Urban Manufacturing and Job Creation

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Since 2000 New York City has lost more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs, largely due to national outsourcing trends and the economic downturn. Once bustling industrial neighborhoods have now been out-paced and out-priced by residential complexes, rezoning and the general rise in the cost of everything. But times are changing. In 2011 the federal government initiated… Continue reading New York City’s Burgeoning Technology Industry seeks to Revolutionize Urban Manufacturing and Job Creation

Global Cities: Tokyo – Held Back by Tradition?

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Having lived nearly my whole life just outside of New York City I had always thought it was one of the greatest cities in the world, and I still do. But there’s nothing like travel to broaden one’s perspective. Until I moved to Tokyo I had never realized how different cities could be and how… Continue reading Global Cities: Tokyo – Held Back by Tradition?

New York on the Move: The Future of Mobility

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On May 21st the BMW iVentures team invited a selected group of New York investors, entrepreneurs and tech professionals to their 7th mobility meetup. Good timing for the gathering: With Internet Week taking center stage in New York, the bike share program finally commencing on Memorial Day weekend, and Tumblr, the New York based blogging company, being… Continue reading New York on the Move: The Future of Mobility