"Scammin’ for every book he can get his hands on
Plannin’ for the future see him now as he stands on
The bow of a ship headed for a new land
In New York you can be a new man!" // Hamilton @ The Grammys
"Convergence of cheap smartphone chips, sensors embedded in everything & open source AI tools will usher next wave of computing." - Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz) // What's Next In Computing
"if you want to be an angel investor, invest the amount of money you’d be comfortable lighting on fire." // Getting Into Venture Capital
Apple vs FBI (+ how iOS encryption works). NASA telescope (100 times > Hubble). Smartwatches overtake Swiss watches. FB Telecom Infra Project. World's largest solar plant (Morocco). Arctic amplification. US airlines can now fly to Cuba. 3000 yr old bronze wheel. W train returning. And coffee's good for you! :)
Researchers @ Cambridge demonstrated it's possible to interface graphene (2D carbon) w/ neurons (nerve cells) while maintaining integrity of cells. Whoa.
NEW THINGS ==> 5G. Souping the new juicing? 360 camera. LinkNYC (Onboard tablet, WiFi, charging station).
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 ==> FinTech Mission: London (Apr 10-14; With UKTI; Meet investors, partners & learn about UK FinTech; Attend Innovate Finance Global Summit); apply by Mar 09. Future Possibilities: VR/AR/360 (Mar 03 @ Aol; Panel + startup demos); Wanna demo? Email Osnat.
ANNOUNCING ==> IN2NYC Int'l Innovators Initiative (Temporary work visa; Supporting 80 entrepreneurs & 700+ new jobs in first 3 yrs; By CUNY & NYCEDC). Unicef Innovation Fund ($9M; Open source tech for children); apply by Feb 26.
ANNOUNCING ==> UrbanTech Growth Hubs ($7.2M; 100K sq ft; 2 new tech hubs in Midtown & BK Navy Yard); congrats Grand Central Tech & New Lab! TechEmerge (Partnerships betn global tech & emerging markets healthcare providers; $1M for pilot projects; 1st phase India); apply by Mar 06.
ANNOUNCING ==> A.I. X Prize ($5M; Human & artificial intelligence collaboration; By IBM Watson & TED). vLAB Global CIO-to-Startup Challenge (Feb 25 @ WeWork; Pitch startup to global CIOs; Submit solns to painpoints & get Fortune 500 customers; List of CIO challenges).
ANNOUNCING ==> TED Residency (Apr 01 - Jul 01; @ SoHo HQ); apply by Feb 24. Techstars NYC (Starts July; VR/AR, A.I., Machine Learning, Blockchain, Mobile, Genomics); apply by Mar 20.
CAUSE ==> Feb 25 Diversity In Tech Awards (Celebrate diversity in STEM: Science, Tech, Engg, Math; With Code/Interactive, DJ Y3LDA & music by Ryan Leslie); 2 FREE VIP Passes ($200).
SPACES ==> Quotidian VC qLabs (Mad Sq Park; 1-8 person startups; $600/mo); email Pedro. Techstars (B'way & 39th; Events & office hrs; $450/mo); email Jill. Scout VC (47 Murray; March; $500/mo); email Corey.
DON'T MISS! ==> Mar 01 Agility First! Hacking Leadership w/ founders Marc Lore (Jet.com), David Gurle (Symphony), Dan Doctoroff (Sidewalk Labs), Ricky Van Veen (CollegeHumor), Howard Morgan (First Round), David Hantman (Sr Advisor, Airbnb); 15 FREE VIP Passes ($916 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Mar 02 Media Summit w/ Meredith Levien (CRO, NY Times), Aaron Luber (Google Cardboard), Scott Levine (Time Warner Investments), Joseph Coyne (Samsung Global Innovation), Chris Frallic (First Round), Nancy Lane (CBS News), Justin Bolognino (META VR); 3 FREE Passes ($635 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Mar 03 FoodBytes! Summit (+ Startup Showcase); 2 FREE Passes ($299 each)! Mar 10 Stand Up For Passion 2nd Anniversary w/ founders Reshma Saujani (Girls Who Code), Nihal Mehta (Founder, Eniac VC), Tony Kaye (Director, AmericanX), Alexandre Mars (French Bill Gates); 10 FREE Passes!
DON'T MISS! ==> Mar 04 NYU Entrepreneurs Festival w/ founders Ragy Thomas (Sprinklr), David Steinberger (ComiXology), Dagny Looper (IndieLoop), Ryan Fant (Keen Home), Sutian Dong (Female Founders Fund), Josh Nussbaum (Metamorphic VC); 3 FREE Passes ($100 each)!
DON'T MISS! ==> Mar 04 Health Tech Conference w/ founders Cheryl Swirnow (Sherpaa), Adam Hanina (AiCure), Meredith Oppenheim (NurtureMed), Diego Miralles (Head, J&J Innovation), Bob Langer (MIT), Deborah Estrin (Professor, Cornell Tech); 10 FREE Passes!
DON'T MISS! ==> Apr 08 NYC Startup Job Fair (Connecting top talent w/ exciting NYC startups; Free for developers). Apr 26 Empire Startups: FinTech Startups Conference (Demos by top FinTech startups; Network w/ FinTech investors & founders; 2 wks left for early-bird pricing).
DON'T MISS! ==> Feb 22-25 Hack Summit. Feb 22-26 Social Media Week. Thru Feb 27 Engineers Week. Mar 04 Health Tech Hackathon. Mar 04-06 Drone Film Festival. Mar 05 Yahoo! Hack. Mar 05-11 Genius Week (Ray Kurzweil, Neil deGrasse Tyson). Mar 08 Int'l Women's Day. Thru Apr 17 Silicon City.
Mar 11-15 SXSW 2016 Parties Guide @ Austin, TX (Decoded Fashion House, ff Massive, Tech Cocktail, Spredfast + 100 more events)!; Have an event? Email me or add it here.
Feb 22 VentureBeat Marketing.FWD Summit w/ Andrew Donkin (Brand Mktg Head, Amazon), Brad Smallwood (VP Mktg, Facebook), Dana Anderson (CMO, Mondelēz), Pepijn Rijvers (CMO, Booking.com), Jon Potter (CMO, Moet Hennessy), Barbara Messing (CMO, TripAdvisor).
Feb 23 Health & BioTech Summit w/ founders Michael Keriakos (Everyday Health), Jay Parkinson (Sherpaa), Joe Blewitt (Epion Health), Alex Jaimes (CTO, AiCure), Paul Ehrlich (Gotham VC); 2 FREE Passes ($395)!
Feb 23 Digital Advertising: Survival vs Failing (FREE) w/ founders Eric Franchi (Undertone), Gina Waldhorn (Evol8tion), Claudia Iannazzo (Pereg VC). Feb 23 Publisher Roundtable (AdTech Stacks); 4 FREE Passes ($60)!
Feb 24 Sales Acceleration Platforms (Conductor, Greenhouse, Namely, Managed By Q); 10 FREE Passes! Feb 28 BUILD By Brunchwork (Influencers, Bain Capital VC); 2 FREE Passes ($150)!
Feb 25 Personalization-palooza 2016 w/ Nick Rockwell (CTO, NY Times), Haile Owasu (Chief Data Scientist, Mashable), Matt Turck (FirstMark Capital), Phil Wiser (CTO, Hearst); 2 FREE Passes ($133 each)!
Apr 21 New York TechDay @ Pier 94 (30K+ attendees & 550+ hot startups & tech companies). Mar 03 Conversation With Casper w/ Philip Krim & Luke Sherwin (Co-Founders, Casper); 10 FREE Passes!
FREE PASSES! (details) ==> Feb 22 Fashion & E-Commerce (1stdibs, 1800flowers). Feb 23 Raising Money (Simon VC, Techstars). Feb 24 Cannabis Leaders. Feb 24 Polish Pitch. Feb 25 Person Place Thing w/ Yancey Strickler (CEO, Kickstarter). Feb 25 SheWorx Breakfast (Plated). Feb 25 Music Tech.
Mo' FREE PASSES! (details) ==> Feb 25 Connoisseur Africa. Feb 27 Video Journalism. Feb 26 Service Design. Feb 29 Product Council w/ Brad Hargreaves (Common & GA). Mar 01 Israeli Pitch Night. Mar 01 Startup Grind w/ Gerard Adams (Founder, Elite Daily). Mar 01 Agencies & Clients. Mar 01 Startup Pitch Night (Bloomberg Beta).
Mo' FREE PASSES! (details) ==> Mar 01 Women Founders & Investors. Mar 02 Fusion NYC. Mar 03 AD THINK: /Tech (JWT, Coca-Cola). Mar 07 Wall Street To Silicon Alley. Mar 08 Product Politics. Mar 08 Confidence Game. Mar 09 French Tech. Mar 13 Brunch & Mimosas (Techstars).
UPCOMING EVENTS ==> Feb 24 NYU $200K Venture Challenge. Mar 06 Orange Party (Benefiting Parkinson's Research). Mar 16 IoT Demo Night @ WeWork.
CLASSES ==> Feb 23 Wordpress & Web Basics @ Tekserve Studios. Feb 25 Ruby for Beginners @ Dev Bootcamp. Mar 03 HTML & CSS for Beginners @ Dev Bootcamp.
Mo' Classes! ==> Mar 05 Data Science w/ R: Data Analysis & Visualization. Mar 05 Data Science w/ R: Machine Learning. Mar 06 Data Science w/ Python: Data Analysis & Visualization.
SPACES ==> The Farm (SoHo; $250/mo shared & $400/mo dedicated; 1 FREE month). District Cowork (NoMad; $250/mo; FREE day pass: mention "GarysGuide").
DEADLINES ==> Feb 26 Tech/Creative Ctr RFP (124 E 14th St). Feb 29 Google IoT Research Award Pilot (Beacons, bluetooth). Feb 29 Social Impact Awards ($10K). Mar 01 America Needs You Fellows Program (For high-achieving, low-income college students).
Mo' Deadlines ==> Mar 11 TechHire Federal Grants ($100M; Tech training for low income, disability). InnovateNYP: Pediatric Appathon (Mar 12; $10K prizes; Tech to improve child's care). hackNY Student Hackathon (Apr 02 @ NYU). YCombinator Female Founders Conference (Apr 04).
Mo' Deadlines ==> Vimeo: Share The Screen (Funding female filmmaker projects). Google Launchpad Accelerator ($50K equity-free; Brazil, India, Indonesia). NASA Mission to Mars (pilots, engineers, scientists). XPRIZE: Carbon ($20M).
CONGRATS! ==> Yodle (local mktg) acquired by Web.com for $342M cash. Nice, yo! Alex & Giphy (gif search) raised $55M ($300M val). Kathy & Qualia (SaaS mktg) raised $5.5M. Josh & Hometeam (elderly home care solns) raised $5M. Jon & Cheddar (CNBC for millennials) raised $3M.
Mo' Congrats! :) ==> Gooten (custom print fulfillment) raised $1.35M. Centric Digital raised round. Swerve (influencer mktg) acquired by Bloglovin'. Hayley Barna (Co-Founder, BirchBox) joining First Round Capital as first female partner.
Mo' Congrats! :) ==> Maya Baratz & Rob Jordan (ABC News, KCC) on wedding. Rana Rouhana & Cezary Pietrzak (Techstars, DigitalOcean) on baby boy Matteo.
HAPPY B'DAY! :) ==> Danae Ringelmann (Indiegogo), Franck Nouyrigat (Startup Weekend), Erin Griffith (Fortune), Diego Saez-Gil (BlueSmart), Jen Jamula (Blogologues), Willie Litvack (SquadUp), Trevor Owens (Javelin), Janis Krums (Opportunity).
Chief of Staff at MuseumHack, iOS at Anchor.fm, Backend at Anchor.fm, Head of Biz Dev & Corporate Growth at GCT Accelerator, Exec Director Urban Tech Growth Hub at GCT Accelerator, Data Science at Venmo, Copywriter at Casper, Mktg at Birchbox, Product Mgr at Digital Ocean, Brand Ambassador at Placeful, Product Mktg Mgr at Smartling, VC Intern at Flatiron Investors, Growth Hacker at Pymetrics, Front-end at Stealth, Biz Dev at CB Insights, Python at OpenCrowd, Strategist at Catchafire, EVP Partnerships at TechStars, Content Mktg Mgr at Work Market, Mobile Dev at Gamechat,
Until next week :)
Gary
(aka "The Guy with the Red Tie")
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Thanks, Steven! :)
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THE VOID (which launched @ TED2016) is a much buzzed about virtual reality experience which adds sensations of touch and physical space to traditional VR. Nice, yo!
Scientists @ Univ. of Southampton created new data format encoding info in tiny nano structures of 5-dimensional glass discs storing 360 terabytes data for 13.8 billion yrs (3 times age of Earth) at 190°C.
No Man’s Sky is sci-fi game about exploration & survival in infinite procedurally self-generated galaxy whose edges extend into abyss you can plunge into forever. (science behind it)
First look at concept renderings by Disney of upcoming Star Wars' Parks Experience which will be Disney's largest single-themed land expansions ever at 14 acres each.
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