NYCEDC and Empire State Development (ESD) announced that Paperless Post, an innovative online communication design company, will relocate and expand its operations to Lower Manhattan. The company has outgrown its old space, and will move to 115 Broadway in Lower Manhattan in September 2013.  The expansion will create 76 new jobs and retain 51 existing positions.
 


“Today’s most innovative startups are putting Lower Manhattan on the map as a vibrant place to headquarter a 21st Century company. I would like to congratulate Paperless Post on its expansion, which will contribute to the continued...

The winning teams celebrate! Photo credit: Noelle Marcus/NYCEDC

By Noelle Marcus, Project Manager, Center for Economic Transformation

The two-day NYC BigApps Jobs and Economic Mobility Hackathon at New Work City on April 20-21 featured speakers and experts from New York City’s top organizations fighting poverty and solving key workforce development challenges.

We kicked off the weekend with two stirring keynotes from Tom Hilliard, a senior fellow at the Center for an Urban Future, as well as...

By Fiona Peach, Assistant Vice President, and Andrea Moore, Project Manager, Economic Research and Analysis

New York City’s tech scene has been getting a lot of attention lately, including our most recent StatsBee post about NYC’s tech boom in 2012. A

NYC Tech Talent Draft panel at Penn. Photo by Alex Tutiven/NYCEDC

By Virginia Maloney, Project Manager, and Betsy Scherzer, Senior Project Manager, Media & Emerging Technology

Eighteen startups representing NYC’s diverse leadership in media-tech, fashion-tech, and more joined NYCEDC for the ultimate roadtrip—the Spring 2013 NYC Tech Talent Draft! Over 160 talented technical students from Cornell, Drexel, University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton attended NYC Tech Talent Draft panels and networking receptions to learn about NYC’s booming, innovative tech community, get...

Move over Samsung – The Next Big Thing is almost here. We are working with CollabFinder to bring the biggest, boldest, and best BigApps ever! While we can’t divulge our secrets yet, yesterday we gave a sneak peek at Social Media Week event: “We Built this City: The State of Civic Technology, with Code for America and IDEO.”

Entering its fourth year, the NYC BigApps competition promotes government transparency and innovative new...

Are you an ambitious technical student interested in getting a firsthand glimpse of New York City’s booming startup scene? How about landing the job of your dreams at a growing tech company? Or winning a $50 iTunes gift card?

On January 30, immediately after the Cornell Startup Career Fair, you’re invited to join the NYC Tech Talent Draft. Our panel of founders, CEOs, and CTOs from some of the City’s coolest startups will:

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Exciting things are underway for NYC BigApps, the City’s premier open data software competition! 

While we’re not ready to reveal all the surprises in store just yet, we are excited to announce that NYC BigApps 2013 will focus on leveraging technology to help solve NYC’s key challenges, or “BigIssues.”

CitizenConnect, for example, helps tackle a BigIssue with a focus on income mobility, workforce support, and job placement.

Now is your chance to weigh in on what BigIssues the BigApps community should tackle this year. Share your great ideas and get involved by...

NYC startups, meet students from some of the country's top CS and engineering programs. Students, meet NYC Tech. Photo credit: NYCEDC

Startups and students, pull out your smartphones and open your calendar app—NYC Tech Talent Draft is back for Spring 2013!

After a successful fall campaign—one that put over 30 NYC startups on display in front of over 450 students from the nation’s top computer science and engineering programs—we are excited to announce dates and locations for upcoming panel and networking events:

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