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NYC Media Lab Is More Matchmaker than Incubator
Posted on 01. Dec, 2010 by Amy Berryhill.
The NYC Media Lab is not off to a roaring start and, while the name mimics the very successful lab in Cambridge, it will not be like that place at all. With one full-time employee and only $250,000 in funding from the city, the NYC Media Lab is still a fledgling organization. But their plans […]
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Plan for Medical eRecord Network Could Save Lives
Posted on 02. Nov, 2010 by Amy Berryhill.
Health care providers will finally begin to communicate with one another like modern business people if ambitious plans to create a network for electronic medical records in New York state is approved. Last week the New York Department of Health and the public-private partnership New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) released their joint plan for the […]
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City Makes Data Available Little by Little
Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by Amy Berryhill.
The city is launching the second year of the NYC BigApps competition with great fanfare, but it has yet to get the bulk of it’s own bureaucracy behind the open data effort. Deputy Mayor Robert Steel announced the launch of NYC BigApps 2.0 on October 12 at the NY Tech Meetup. The competition makes city […]
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Solvate Minimizes Risk in Freelance Marketplace
Posted on 01. Oct, 2010 by Amy Berryhill.
Low overhead and a flexible schedule are great until paychecks fail to arrive and projects fall off schedule. Freelance work can be perilous, but Solvate is attempting to offer some security by creating a platform for on-demand business services. According to a study by William Rodgers at Rutgers University, 42% of the freelance workforce in […]
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Tech Not Taking Advantage of City’s Biz Network
Posted on 16. Sep, 2010 by Amy Berryhill.
Despite the recent recession and the reminder of the tech bubble bursting, New York technology startups underutilize their biggest advantage: the city’s huge customer base. From venture capitalists, to advocates, to the entrepreneurs themselves, many agree that New York startups often fail to test their business plans on potential customers. Not only does this put […]
