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By: New York Tech, Stuck at No. 2, Still Shaking Pom-Poms - The NYC Info News 24-hours in New York City, delivering breaking news and features about the five boroughs. - The Nyc Info

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:56:58 +0000

[...] rivalry between the coastal tech hubs is not entirely friendly. “The NYC tech scene is exploding,” investor and entrepreneur Chris Dixon wrote in February 2010, an early instance of the [...]

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By: Silicon Valley, NYC Gain New Seed Funds | Tech 2 Up

Silicon Valley, NYC Gain New Seed Funds | Tech 2 Up — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:54:49 +0000

[...] the new seed fund here, and for an overview of what’s going on in the Big Apple, check out Chris Dixon’s take on the [...]

By: CHERYL: Why I Chose To Start My Startup In Silicon Alley

CHERYL: Why I Chose To Start My Startup In Silicon Alley — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:59:16 +0000

[...] rooting for each other, because if a couple of us become breakthrough successes, this will complete the NY tech ecosystem that Chris Dixon speaks about, as we continue to evolve into tech community [...]

By: CHERYL: Why I chose to start my startup in Silicon Alley | Pretty Young Professional

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:59:22 +0000

By: Why I Chose To Start my Startup in Silicon Alley… | Startup War Stories from Cheryl Yeoh

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:21:09 +0000

[...] constantly rooting for each other, because if a couple of us become breakthrough success, this will complete the NY tech ecosystem as we evolve into tech community [...]

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Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:09:06 +0000

[...] payroll tax less than half the rate of the personal income tax in fast-growing tech hotbed New York City, but San Francisco, like many other municipalities these days, is desperate for the [...]

By: Why I’m Leaving India amit klein | Amit Klein

Why I’m Leaving India amit klein | Amit Klein — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:53:32 +0000

[...] launching my own web product or joining a very early stage startup. I keep reading about how the New York tech scene is exploding and I want in. If anyone has any leads or suggestions on people I should speak with please let me [...]

By: Web 2.0 Expo Blog » Blog Archive » Web 2.0 Expo NY Makes the Move to Midtown

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:11:13 +0000

[...] York hosts not only a burgeoning tech startup scene, but also thousands of people who lead tech adoption in sectors like media, fashion, finance and [...]

By: NYC TECH SCENE :: Dave Partners – High Growth Talent

NYC TECH SCENE :: Dave Partners – High Growth Talent — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:59:15 +0000

[...] of Hunch ) does a great job of summing up why the “NYC tech scene is exploding” in his blog post. He lists several seed and mid-sized funds that call the Big Apple their home, as well as bigger [...]

By: New York will always be a tech backwater, I don’t care what Chris Dixon or Ron Conway or Paul Graham say | AdGrok

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:59:45 +0000

[...] as a follow-on to Conway’s remarks. Chris Dixon, a respected New York-based VC, has also chimed in on the tech renaissance going on [...]

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Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:07:15 +0000

[...] Chris Dixon, the co-founder of Hunch and personal investor in early-stage technology companies, has the same feeling. [...]

By: The NYC Startup Scene And The Ghostbusters | joesiewert.com

The NYC Startup Scene And The Ghostbusters | joesiewert.com — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:09:24 +0000

[...] The NYC Tech Scene Is Exploding [...]

By: Is there really an NYC start-up boom? And if so, what’s causing it? | B-School Admissions Formula

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:01:38 +0000

[...] East Coast cities combined. But the NY scene has recently been getting uppity. Chris Dixon wrote a story, the NY Times wrote a story, now Silicon Alley Insider. I tweeted that it was all embarrassing [...]

By: Is there really an NYC start-up boom? And if so, what’s causing it? | Knewton Blog

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:43:20 +0000

By: The Hive at 55 – The Rise of Silicon Alley « Downtown Diary

The Hive at 55 – The Rise of Silicon Alley « Downtown Diary — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:24:13 +0000

[...] in New York City. All the press is covering it, from The New York Times and New York Observer, to bloggers and even international [...]

By: Ignite PR | Blog - Portland: The New, New Black (Tech Scene Taking Root)

Ignite PR | Blog - Portland: The New, New Black (Tech Scene Taking Root) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:43:45 +0000

[...] New York is seeing a strong tech renaissance, as is Austin. What other regions outside of Silicon Valley are you seeing emerge as a budding tech scene, SoCal, Atlanta, where else? Comments (0) [...]

By: The NYC startup scene (part 2: the Alley versus the Valley) / TYLER DOSHIER / blog

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:47:54 +0000

[...] February 1st, Chris Dixon (Hunch) wrote The NYC tech scene is exploding. [...]

By: Silicon Valley Isn’t New York’s Enemy — Wall Street Is | The Civic Beacon- Musings on Politics, Finance, Media, Culture, Celebrity, Gossip, Michael Reinstein, AtCost.com

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:02:58 +0000

[...] written a few times about what seems to be an exploding tech scene in [...]

By: Finance Geek » Silicon Valley Isn’t New York’s Enemy — Wall Street Is

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:52:42 +0000

[...] written a few times about what seems to be an exploding tech scene in NYC. This is sometimes interpreted as arguing that NYC is a better place to [...]

By: It’s not East Coast vs West Coast, it’s about making more places like the Valley cdixon.org – chris dixon's blog

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:22:09 +0000

[...] written a few times about what seems to be an exploding tech scene in NYC. This is sometimes interpreted as arguing that NYC is a better place to start a [...]

By: Finance Geek » Face It: NYC Is Not The Best Place For A Startup

Finance Geek » Face It: NYC Is Not The Best Place For A Startup — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:02:41 +0000

[...] been a lot written lately about the NYC startup scene. It’s exploding. It’s hot. Etc. And all that is [...]

By: The NYC tech scene is exploding | Igniting Startups - nPost

The NYC tech scene is exploding | Igniting Startups - nPost — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:52:45 +0000

[...] cdixon.org The pace of innovation in the New York area is very impressive right now. Some of the top [...]

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graft.blog » Blog Archive » Weekly Twitter Updates (2010-02-07) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:05:03 +0000

[...] NYC tech scene is exploding – http://cdixon.org/2010/02/01/the-nyc-tech-scene-is-exploding/ [...]

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Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:48:06 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by azeem, chris dixon, PEG, ADstruc, LLC, Aditya Chadha and others. Aditya Chadha said: RT @cdixon: Fred Wilson (the new Mike Moritz) on why NYC hasn't had a huge exit yet http://disq.us/am6lp [...]

By: stefi

stefi — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:59:54 +0000

I want to reiterate that we really need more hard core engineers here – for example in the areas of machine learning and nlp, to name a few. Even with the number of engineers that Google brought into the ecosystem, his continues to be a gating factor because it is a very tight market in NYC – it is always so overwhelming to see how much extreme talent there is in the Bay Area. Maybe we can find a way to successfully attract some of these folks – I'd be happy to be part of such an initiative, since I'm starting to build a team now that I'd like to have locally in NYC (my freelance engineers building the prototype are, alas, in San Mateo!)

By: chris dixon

chris dixon — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:40:50 +0000

thanks bryce. the fact that top VCs like you are spending time here is a great sign for the city.

By: addicted

addicted — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:05:04 +0000

One advantage Silicon Valley maintains over NYC is the presence of so many great technology colleges in that general area.

While NYC has great schools, they are primarily non-tech schools. I think NYC startups need to forge a stronger bond with the New England technology schools to really grow.

By: quikness

quikness — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:09:32 +0000

Agreed. I moved here from Vancouver, where we have an amazing technical workforce, because of the great opportunities and complementary companies in NYC. I feel the collaborative nature of NYC tech is excellent and would benefit nicely by attracting other companies to come join them here.

By: Adam Neary

Adam Neary — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:32:31 +0000

I'm with Charlie. I would much rather hear from people who are out there making the change happen and signing up to be a part of it rather than throwing tomatoes from offstage. If you're not impressed, that's fine feedback, but that feedback and $3 buys me a latte at Starbucks. Chris, great post. (Now I need to get back to working on that runaway success…)

By: alanbrody

alanbrody — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:14:44 +0000

Start-ups like DoubleClick are an adjunct to a pre-existing industry – in their case, Advertising. (With Boxee, it is TV)

One reason for NY's tech uptick is that Wall Street has put a lot of their techies out on the street. As the person who literally brought DoubleClick to ADWEEK, I can tell you what made the difference for them: hiring a top exec from the Ad Industry which had been very leery of DoubleClick and targeted online advertising. (Similar situation for Google and their hiring of Eric Schmidt).

We think tapping this “key executive” pool is a potential road to success for many Start-Ups. Since the economy has made so many of these execs available our group, the iBreakfast, is now focusing on it though a program called “Job Generation”: matching these savvy leaders with promising Start-Ups.

By: John

John — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:12:05 +0000

I agree with this post because I am the developer of “find a metro dc,” which is almost a year old and provides realtime train arrivals and bus arrivals. Sometimes I get dissapointed by dc metro because it is behind the times and hurting big time financially, but then i think about other cities like NYC which are even worse.

By: Ryan Graves

Ryan Graves — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:23:03 +0000

I can't say I agree with you completely re: NY's community focus, but I do agree that there are great real world problems to be solved. Shoot me an email if you're willing to reveal identity. Would love to chat about the opportunities here and something I have in mind...
graves.ryan@gmail.com

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:49:44 +0000

Don't forget seamlessweb! Or my company LTU tech – OK, we are Paris based originally and not a startup anymore, but we are in NYC!

I do agree with cdixon, NY is probably going to rebound in the tech area – it has all the potential to be a serious rival to Silicon Valley.

By: chrissheehan

chrissheehan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:34:43 +0000

Definitely lots of startup activity and buzz happening in NYC. I will be down there tomorrow meeting with some interesting startups, a trend I expect to continue. Chris

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Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:45:54 +0000

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By: Cindy Gallop

Cindy Gallop — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:23:37 +0000

Completely agree. I love the NYC start-up scene and have found it enormously inspirational and supportive. I am particularly impressed with the significant number of female entrepreneurs I have met here and the very significant number of female-led start-ups I observe the NYC start-up scene supporting and encouraging, which is a particular point of distinctiveness. Who knows, the 'runaway successes' requested in the post above may well be some of these, which would clearly be a point of pride for everyone posting here vs elsewhere in the US!

By: Matthew Phillips

Matthew Phillips — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:13:14 +0000

Hey don't go too hard on us finance guys, most people that work in the business are smart, hardworking and willing to take risk. The problem is that the finance monoculture tends to suppress creative impulses, and the pay (at least in the past) was too high to make joining a startup a worthwhile risk. I think you'll see more and more of these guys start interesting ventures going forward. The startup I recently joined (Accordion Partners) is hoping to play a part in this as we are all former i-bankers but think we can build a better business model for clients without the broker-dealer component.

By: bryc3

bryc3 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:23:37 +0000

I feel very fortunate to have been embraced by the NYC start-up scene. Its a special place filled with some of the best people I've known and have had the pleasure to work with. Not sure where this recent landrush will end, but I'm certain that whether it blossoms or busts people like Fred, Andy, John, Charlie and you, Chris, will be there to reap the rewards or start putting the pieces back together.

By: jehutson

jehutson — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:37:01 +0000

I've been in NYC for 11 months to the day, its an awesome community, but becoming successful is all about access to mentors and role models who were successful themselves. they're here but not to the degree that they are in CA. you're right chris and fred – its a numbers game and someone just needs to break the cycle

By: chris dixon

chris dixon — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:23:19 +0000

exactly. a lot of these people are starting companies now instead of going into the evil finance borg.

By: Cflexman

Cflexman — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:21:59 +0000

Really enjoyed this post and was mulling over some of the response items. I wonder what impact the recession has and will have going forward on the NYC start up community. I heard a fact that 60% of ivy league grads (though I'm not standing by the #'s) went into finance after graduation. With these perennial recruiters no longer as active it paves the way for an awful lot of talent to go into new companies. I could very well be wrong, but just some food for thought.

By: Rich2001

Rich2001 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:20:35 +0000

We all seem to forget about N2K/Music Blvd which was the first important music tech IPO, and was based in NYC. Many of the leaders of the interactive music movement were groomed there and were instrumental in companies such as CDuctive, WinAmp, eMusic, iTunes, Vevo, the majors, etc.

By: Jay Levy

Jay Levy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:40:51 +0000

Chris –

From a capital perspective its going to take more than a runaway success to open up the market for early stage money in NY like it is on the west coast. It's a culture chance, many of the wealthy in the NY area have made their money on Wall St, which is about pricing risk. There is no easy way to price risk of two guys and a powerpoint, nor a logical way.

Also add Zelkova Ventures to that list of early stage vc's in NY. While we may not be as public as some of the other (smaller team) we have done 15 deals in 2 years and 8 of them have been in NY.

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Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:23:05 +0000

[...] the new seed fund here, and for an overview of what’s going on in the Big Apple, check out Chris Dixon’s take on the [...]

By: fredwilson

fredwilson — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:20:09 +0000

i have thought a lot about this question. i think it mostly has to do with role models (or the lack of them) and somewhat to do with the wall street trader mentality that pervades NYC. to build a truly huge company, it often takes a decade or more. and along the way you get a number of bids for the company. here in NYC, we've been way to willing to hit those bids. there haven't been many role models (other than our mayor mike bloomberg) who have built large billion dollar tech companies here. contrast that with silicon valley that is full of those kinds of role models. doubleclick is the closest thing we've had in the past decade and look at what Kevin Ryan and Dwight Merriman are up to with Gilt Group and a number of other startups. they can be the kind of role models we need. i feel a change underfoot, maybe not yet an explosion, but i am pretty optimistic that half way through our second decade we are going to get some big companies soon

By: Microsoft Ad Exchange To Begin Testing; DoubleClick Rumors In The UK; Ad Networks Apparently Forgot To Die

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:07:07 +0000

[...] VC Chris Dixon is impressed as his Founder Collective firm, IA Capital Partners, and Betaworks among other VC firms are invading NYC to find the next billion dollar company. Dixon says that all that is missing is a "runaway success" such as Paypal, Google and Facebook. Read more. [...]

By: Brandon Kessler

Brandon Kessler — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:35:42 +0000

The MTA is a State authority, it's not a City thing. As for NYC BigApps (which we helped run at ChallengePost), there were several million dollars in apps created in exchange for $20K in prize money. This was little talk and lots of action.

By: bfeld

bfeld — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:07:58 +0000

I've always viewed NYC as a great place to start a company – I've been involved with plenty of the years. In our most recent fund (raised in 2007) we've already made three investments in NYC – AdMeld, Medialets, and Organic Motion. And I count myself as a very proud LP in several NYC-based VC firms.

By: awaldstein

awaldstein — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:59:24 +0000

That is what I thought Zach.

It became crystal clear at your launch in Williamsburg at the theater that this was a company who's soul was in NY and that the community had really embraced you.

Great product.