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The real entrepreneurs of New York City

Startup Lessons Learned

They actually built and tested several MVPs, the last of which was a web-based prototype of their mobile app that used real airport data.

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Amazon “Swipes Left” On New York City

Haystack

Today, Amazon announced it will entirely abandon its plans to build its second headquarters (a/k/a “HQ2”) in Long Island City, a residential neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York City. I believe this will be talked about for months, which in today’s news cycle is saying something.

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Are Mobile Platforms Austin’s Differentiator?

Austin Startup

As we’ve discussed in this column before, Austin has a very robust mobile scene. But, then so do the Bay Area, New York City, the Boston 128 corridor, and for that matter Houston and Dallas. As Kleiner partner Mary Meeker so nicely summed up recently , mobile is the “it&# Internet trend of the moment.

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It’s About Women Running Startups

Steve Blank

She had an interesting insight: existing content/media companies were having the same problem as hardware companies that rarely made the leap to new platforms. And she had a model for a new media company for mobile and wearables. Michael Bloomberg has yet to get his due for engineering the New York entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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The Future Of Retail And America In The Post-COVID World

YoungUpstarts

Mobile apps and scanning features have also improved for traditional retailers, eroding the distinct competitive advantage once held by Amazon and other e-commerce platforms. After 9/11, the World Series in New York City was an historic event, and one that was celebrated patriotically.

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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

Some of the i-lab’s long-term residents include mobile app ActivePepper, baby gear rental company Baby Buggle, and software developer Rover. NYU-Poly has not one, but four business incubators, boasting incredible support for fledgling businesses in the greater New York City area. Innovation Depot.

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Want to work at a startup? Nail these 9 interview questions

The Next Web

Ryan Matzner is the Director of Strategy at Fueled , the leading iPhone application developers and masters of mobile design , based in New York and London. How many people live in New York City? With a city population estimate, it’s okay to be off by a couple of million.