| | November 7th, 2011 Welcome to Tech@NYU's brand spankin' new digest - curated by yours truly, Kim Pham! I just joined our lovely e-board and will be sending out these bi-weekly digests. Hear about a great startup event going on at NYU? Killer speaker coming in to speak about tech? Amazing networking opportunity for the student community? Please let me know and I will thank you with amusing cat GIFs from the Interwebz! [Featured event] Tech@NYU's First Ever DemoDay // 5pm-7pm, Warren Weaver Hall 109 Tech@NYU is pumped to announce our first ever DemoDay - a monthly party for the student hackers, designers, entrepreneurs, and other generally awesome individuals of NYC! Join us for demos, a presentation from digital artist and designer Jer Thorpe, a mingle, and other special features. More details to be posted here. Now, on to your regularly scheduled programming... Monday, November 7 [Speaker] Engineer & Technology Forum Guest Speaker Series: Marissa Mayer // 12pm-1pm, Pfizer Auditorium
Marissa Mayer, the first female engineer hired at Google, will be speaking and receiving the NYU Poly Spirit of Innovation Award. A billionaire before the age of 30, Mayer has been responsible for several of Google's most innovative ventures, including Gmail and its location services. All are welcome to attend.
[Workshop] Social Entrepreneurship // 12:30pm-1:30pm, NYU Wasserman Center for Career Development
Gallatin graduate and Executive Director of Love + Water Designs Alexis Fedor will be talking about how she created her company based on her desire to give back to charities. RSVP on NYU CareerNet.
Wednesday, November 9 [Networking] Entrepreneurship After Dark visits Thrillist! // 4:30pm, Thrillist Offices
Entrepreneurship After Dark, an exclusive networking event in New York City, will be providing an invite-only group of students with the opportunity to meet with department heads from Thrillist - including Ben Lerer, Adam Rich, and Eric Ashman! Meet at the entrance of NYU Coles Sport Center at 4:30pm. RSVP is mandatory: afterdarkentrepreneur@gmail.com
Thursday, November 10 [Speaker] Live Long and Prosper: How to Accelerate Startup Success | Steve Blank // 5:30pm-7pm, Tisch Hall
Eight-time serial entrepreneur-turned-educator Steve Blank will be speaking to students as part of the NYU Entrepreneur Speaker Series (#NYUESS) - come to Tisch Hall to learn more about his success and methodology thus far. RSVP required.
Friday, November 11 [Job Fair] Silicon Alley Talent Fair (#SATF) // 1pm-7pm, Altman Building
Come check out NYC's biggest startup job fair - you'll have a chance to meet with the founders and VIPs of some of this city's most exciting new companies. Aside from all the recruitment fun, #SATF will also include ping pong, beer, pizza, and more dope stuff! Register to attend here. (And yes, there is an afterparty...NYC tech always goes hard.)
[Panel] Product Design & Recruitment Talk with Ecco // 3:30pm, ITP (721 Broadway)
Calling all product designers and future entrepreneurs! Join this talk as senior designers and strategists from a leading product innovation firm share their insights into the world of product development and interaction design. Please RSVP as space is limited: itp.rsvp@nyu.edu
[Hacking] Tech@NYU HackDays // 4pm-8pm, Courant 201
HackDays are 4-6 hour mini-hackfests, a time to be productive and work on a side-project. If you've never coded anything before, Hackdays is a great place to learn. If you're a programmer, it's a nice place to be productive or try a new framework.
[Event] NYU Entrepreneurs Festival // November 11-12, Tisch Hall
NYU Entrepreneurs Festival strives to better promote and support entrepreneurship across the university. The two-day event will feature a mix of Founder Talks, Entrepreneur Panels, Startup Roundtables, an NYU Venture Showcase, and a Friday night party (with open bar!). Get your tickets now!
Thursday, November 17 [Speaker] Growing a Business by the "Negawatt" | Mike Gordon // 5:30pm-7pm, Henry Kaufman Management Center
Another installation of the NYU Entrepreneur Speaker Series, this talk features Mike Gordon, CEO of Joule Assets and Founder of ConsumerPowerline. Learn more about clean tech and about Gordon's latest venture in the Energy Reduction Asset industry. RSVP required.
[Event] Raise Cache: A Benefit for hackNY // 7pm-11pm, State Armory
Come join the hottest and trendiest of NYC tech at Raise Cache, a benefit determined to raise $100K for hackNY. Organized by Tech@NYU alum Rebecca Zhou, the event features a fashion show, Turntable.fm party, raffle prizes, photobooths, and open bar (!!). Hurry and get your tickets now!
In other news, tickets for the "December" 2011 New York Tech Meetup go on sale November 18 and November 21, so get 'em while you can! Also, the deadline to apply to attend the Women Entrepreneurs Festival is November 11, so hurry and sign up for this killer event! (PS. Arianna Huffington will be giving the keynote address. NBD.) The Tech@NYU Biweekly Digest is curated by:
Kim Pham, E-Board Member of Tech@NYU Tech@NYU Job Board
Jobs, internships, oh my! Break into the NYC tech scene with these sweet opportunities:Web Development Are you an awesome web developer who wants to work on a new venture? We are looking for a programmer experienced and familiar with building dynamic websites, capable of creating database, data mining structure, search engine, and social media based websites. You should have a strong background in MySQL, HTML and Javascript, and PHP, along with other infrastructure coding languages. We are looking for a developer who is interested in a long term partnership, who would start off as a contractor on a salary basis. If you are experienced, driven, and willing to take risks, please email your resume and work examples to jb3975@stern.nyu.edu Social Media Terra Nova Incubators is looking for a social media intern passionate about startups and wants to work at a rising New York startup! We run and operate multiple startups, with Rentenna our most recently launched site that aims to disrupt the apartment searching arena (but you will have the opportunity to learn the ins and outs across various industries). Our founders are Stanford and Michigan graduates who have deep knowledge and experience in venture capital and private equity. You will be working very closely with the founders and given meaningful work, as well as learn about SEO, marketing, distribution, pitches, etc. We ask you to have working knowledge of social media techniques, proficient writing skills, and a strong attention to detail. What are you waiting for? This could be opportunity you've been waiting for to get involved in the New York tech scene! Please send your resume and any questions to Sandeep@Rentenna.com
Web Development Deal-based startup in NYC is looking for a web developer intern. Our service is a fusion of Groupon and Opentable, but with a unique twist that helps us achieve our target market. He/She will work directly with the CEO and have a huge hand in advertising, marketing, accounting, and sales, as well as improving and supporting the site. Although this is a non-paid internship, there is a very serious chance that this could lead to a lucrative full-time position. For more info, please send your resume to ericjredden@gmail.com and ian.seah@stern.nyu.edu | | | | | |
|
No comments:
Post a Comment
Keep a civil tongue.