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Inaugural Investor Day @ FinTech Innovation Lab

David Teten

On Friday morning, I witnessed another volley of shots being fired from New York City at Palo Alto during FinTech Innovation Lab ‘s Inaugural Investor Day. The Lab is a collaboration between the New York City Investment Fund and Accenture, with support from the New York banking community.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. Each of these Web and mobile apps has evolved over months and some over years. 1) Twitter. 4) WhatsApp. All the grains of salt.

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Startup Funeral: Honoring The Lessons Of Failure [Video]

ReadWriteStart

Recently several entrepreneurs in New York City got together to do just that, holding the inaugural Startup Funeral to honor the memory of three dead technology companies. Failure gets a lot of praise in the tech world. It’s a great learning experience, it’s a vital growth opportunity, etc. Addieu, Get-A-Game, Kozmo.com.

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6 Important Startup Trends that Defined 2011

mashable.com

This year, mobile phones, GPS and services like Craigslist combined to make real-time and location-based history. These factors make possible new peer-to-peer marketplaces for anything from car rentals to odd jobs (see Zaarly and Taskrabbit ). The city appointed its first chief digital officer , Rachel Sterne, in January.

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

mashable.com

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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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. KUNZLE: Mobile. The back-end systems look the same as before, but aren’t tuned for the needs of mobile. DAVIS: What is the #1 emerging trend?

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Startup Funeral: Honoring The Lessons Of Failure [Video]

ReadWriteStart

Recently several entrepreneurs in New York City got together to do just that, holding the inaugural Startup Funeral to honor the memory of three dead technology companies. Failure gets a lot of praise in the tech world. It’s a great learning experience, it’s a vital growth opportunity, etc. Addieu, Get-A-Game, Kozmo.com.