Tech@NYU Digest 1/23 - 2/6

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser January 23rd, 2012 We're baaaaack! Good morning New York Cit-ay! Kim Pham here, sending out these lovely digests every two weeks. I will be spending this semester frolicking about Prague - thus, I would appreciate any events you send my way - whether it's a startup talk, killer speaker series, or just general tech awesomeness! (And yes, you will be thanked with cute cat GIFs.) Tech@NYU officer Jake Siegal is proud to present our brand spankin' new Job Board! Check back regularly for great student internship/job opportunities - please email Jake if your company is interested in posting. ALSO - help us out and nominate us for a #ShortyAward, which honors the best producers of short content on social media. Tweet the nom por favor :) And much love to the NYC Interwebz community for rallying against SOPA and PIPA - proof that "the geekiest and most rational protest" can be utterly effective. [Featured event] DemoDay // 5pm-7pm, Courant 109 2012 means DemoDay is back! Join us on Saturday, January 28th for a party for the student hackers, designers, entrepreneurs, and other generally awesome individuals of NYC! There will be demos, a presentation from master brogrammer Rob Spectre of Twilio, a mingle, and other special features. Want to demo? Email us!   Thursday, January 26 [Speaker] "I'm Listening...": How To Communicate with Investors // 5:30pm-7pm, Henry Kaufman Management Center Join #NYUESS in welcoming Dave Tisch, the Managing Director of TechStars NYC and active angel investor. He will be discussing the best way to approach investors, send cold emails, and other tips for getting VCs and Angels to support your startup. RSVP required.   Friday, January 27 [Event] Tech@NYU DesignDay // 1pm-4pm, Parsons the New School for Design Tech@NYU and Parsons is proud to present DesignDays, a meetup with a strong emphasis on design. Student hackers, designers, and entrepreneurs are welcome!  [Event] Tech@NYU HackDay // 4pm, Courant 317 With Valentines' Day around the corner, how appropriate is it to bring in Max Shron of OKCupid to talk data analysis?! He's part of the same company that brings you the ever-hilarious OKTrends - yummy!   Monday, January 30 [Speaker] "I Survived a Hostile Takeover of a Biotech Company" // 5:30pm-7pm, NYU Langone Medical Center Dr. Jay Kranzler was the Chairman & CEO of Cypress Bioscience- this case will highlight the demands and riskiness of the pharma R&D process and the difficulties faced by public companies trying to balance the need to fund their research and investor demands. RSVP required.   Tuesday, January 31 [Panel] Angels, Accelerators, & Incubators: the New Funders of Health Innovation // 5:30pm-8:30pm, Booz & Co. Booz & Co. will be hosting an impressive list of panelists to discuss the fundamentals of new funding models in healthcare. RSVP required. [Event] No Money, No Problems? Financing Cleantech // 7pm-9pm, WNYC Jerome L. Greene Performance Space  Clean Energy Connections is excited to host professionals, policymakers, investors, and academia to explore major topics shaping NYC's blossoming cleantech industry. RSVP required.   Tickets for February's New York Tech Meetup (#NYTM) go on sale on January 30 and February 3 at 1pm - so grab 'em while you can! Be sure to check out Ruby Nuby, a community of contributors learning Ruby on Rails programming, related technologies, and entrepreneurial skills in a collaborative, cooperative manner. The Tech@NYU Biweekly Digest is curated by: Kim Pham, E-Board Member of Tech@NYU Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Forward to a Friend About Tech@NYU Our mission: to foster a culture of building and innovation among students. We strive to do this by: 1. Connecting students leaders, faculty, and administration at NYU with a stake in the future of our innovation community 2. Teaching students the skills necessary to start technology ventures 3. Integrating students into the NYC tech community Keep an eye out for our events this year - from workshops to panels to classes. Visit my Twitter profile   Follow Tech@NYU on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2012 Tech@NYU, All rights reserved. We have parted ways with Startup Digest and are now managing our own list. Our mailing address is: Tech@NYU 60 Washington Square South, Ste. 704 Tech@NYU, Mailbox 228 New York, New York 10012 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences