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• Interested in working at a startup? Come to MatchupCamp

  Next week, nextNY and For Your Imagination are hosting the first MatchupCamp . MatchupCamp – matchmaking for startups – is all about startup networking, creating a place for ideas and talent to meet. There are many events matching professional services to startups – this one will focus on those looking to get their hands dirty and build something new. MatchupCamp has the sole objective of bringing together people looking to start, expend, or join a startup in New York (and the tri-state area). Corey and I will be there and we'd love to chat about Notches with any interested developers or designers. Either way, if you're feeling the itch to work at a startup, come by next Wed and see what others in the NYC area are up to. Event Details : When : Wed, Nov 28, 2007, 7-9pm Where : For Your Imagination, 22 West 27th Street, 6th Floor Posted Nov 21 2007, 10:50 AM by Tim with | with no comments Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Events, NYC, Startup, NextNY, Notches

• Exploring the Startup Culture in NYC

  On the nextNY mailing list , there has been a great discussion about the NYC startup culture, what (if anything) is broken, and how to fix it. Google making NYC its second home is a good start (though I'd like to point out that 14th St and 8th Ave isn't exactly "the heart of Chelsea"). One of the recurring themes in that discussion was that we need an "anchor": once things get going, the ecosystem will feed itself, but until that point we need someone like Google to be the base. "Google's perceived less as a threat in New York -- one that might hire away top talent from surrounding companies -- than as a catalyst of good things to come." Cost is obviously an issue. The NYSIA gave cost in NYC a C- for cost, and some suggest that we are becoming "a trustafarian resort-town" . Office space (can be) expensive, but there are alternatives. It should come as no surprise that many startups are moving to DUMBO and Williamsburg which are (slightly... Posted Feb 28 2007, 01:18 PM by Tim with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Technology, Entrepreneurship, Events, NYC, Startup, NextNY, Notches

• Dave Winer Meetup in NYC [update 1]

  Dave Winer is organizing a meetup next week for those of you in New York (or for those of us who will be visiting for the holidays). Location is still up in the air, but it sounds like the date will be Thurs, Dec 28th. Sign up here . Leave a comment or drop me an e-mail if you're going. Update : Details from the wiki: "Today" == 28 Dec, 2006 Thursday Wollmann Lounge (at Cooper Union Engineering Building, next to Starbucks on corner of 3rd Ave and Astor Place) 5:30pm til 7pm Subway Map 51 Astor Place, 8th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues Official Directions Dinner after: (recommendation) Cafe Fuego at 9 St Marks Place (3 minute walk) Dave: if you are interested, all who want to go should signify here on the wiki with "DINNER" after their name. The campus requires your names at the front desk before you can come in - please be sure to have your name on this list by 3pm - I will not be able to get you on the list afterward. If you missed the 3pm deadline, or can't otherwise make it... Posted Dec 21 2006, 09:24 AM by Tim with | with no comments Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Events, NYC