The New York Times recently ran an article titled, “ Tech Companies Leave Phone Calls Behind.” You need to be able to screen out the 52% of calls that are information requests with technology. have invested in 6 ad technology companies so I get to see trends across all segments of the industry. Say what? MORE >>

Along with a team of designers, the deal also offers the west coast-based mobile payment start-up a New York headquarters. His west coast company has a new reason to get more comfortable with the Big Apple: On Monday Square announced that it's acquiring a New York-based design firm and, in turn, a New York headquarters. MORE >>

But what I remind them is that great grades and successful founders/technology entrepreneurs have at best a zero correlation (and anecdotal evidence suggests that the correlation may actually be negative.) There’s a big difference between being an employee at a great technology company and having the guts to start one. love Google. MORE >>

In it Fred announced a new initiative in New York City called The Academy For Software Engineering. If successful, it will have a profound impact on computer science education in the New York public high school system. I woke up this morning to a post from Fred Wilson titled  The Academy For Software Engineering. MORE >>

Technology. New York State/New York City associated: BEST - [link]. Urban Technology Innovation Center - [link]. New Work City - [link]. So without further ado, here is the Official NYC Accelerators, Incubators, Coworking 2.0 List : Arts & Performance. Artists Studio Space - [link]. Biotech. MORE >>