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FinTech Innovation Lab Launch Event – June 2, 2011

David Teten

The new FinTech Innovation Lab , an annual program run by the New York City Investment Fund and Accenture, had their launch event on Thursday night. “Everyone is bringing them in nowadays” BROWN: Mobile is a delivery channel for capability. BROWN: Impersonation on social networks is a big problem.

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6 Important Startup Trends that Defined 2011

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New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has been trying very hard to raise New York City’s profile in the tech scene. The city appointed its first chief digital officer , Rachel Sterne, in January. That same month, prestigious startup accelerator TechStars announced its first New York City class.

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LinkedIn Explores What It Takes To Be an Entrepreneur [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out. Whom is he or she connected to?

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

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The shortage of startup technical talent, especially in New York City, has been well-documented. In exchange for $150,000 to $300,000 of work, each startup has given Kayweb 14% to 40% equity. As a rule, Kayserian says that Kayweb will take no more than 40% of a company in exchange for development work.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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By Todd Plitt, USA TODAY Neville Clubwala, a Taskrabbit worker in New York City, delivers cupcakes from Butter Lane bakery and champagne, to a recipient who received a promotion. The advent of GPS, the always-on Internet and social networks enable finding things in real time from people you somewhat trust.

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Why Your Startup's Name Matters

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.” The name is important for discoverability , whether in Google searches (10% to 50%+ of site traffic, depending on the category), the App Store (especially painful in iOS6) and other text-based discovery channels. Subscribe to the Business channel. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media.

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How to Plan Your Social Integration Strategy

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(My company’s CEO, Patrick Salyer, explains why multiple online personas make it imperative that companies offer social logins beyond Facebook Connect.). Sure, Facebook will almost always be the dominant player in share-of-logins, but we’ve seen the other players account for up to a combined 60% share of social logins.