New York Silicon Alley Weekly Newsletter

ISSUE 12 October 2012 Hi Everyone! I hope everyone had a great work week. Stay tuned next week for updates on upcoming events! In the mean time, if you are not doing anything this weekend, TechMeetups NYSA is a media sponsor of this weekend's AT&T Aspire Mobile AppHackathon! It is free to attend and participate. Details below: What: AT&T Aspire Mobile App Hackathon - w/ the Mayor's Truancy Task Force and NYC Digital When: Friday, October 12, 2012 at 6:00 PM -Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 9:00 PM Where: 33 Thomas Street New York, NY 10007 Event Description: Have an innovative app idea? Come code and develop the next great app to combat truancy at this special AT&T Hackathon held with AT&T Aspire, the Mayor's Truancy Task Force, and NYC Digital! We Supply: Quick presentations and code samples that help to bootstrap your hacking, food to keep you going, and caffeine to keep you awake. Along with technical senseis to assist you in building faster, smarter, and with new tools. You Bring: Your laptop, skills & ideas. Come with a collaborative, team focused mindset and/or team up in advance on Twitter/Facebook/Google+ via the #atthack hashtag. Whether you are a backend person and code in Ruby/PHP/.NET or are a designer and only work with Illustrator, or have an innovative app idea (or just want to help out with one) you are invited to attend this event! Every group needs a good balance of talent and all skills are needed! RSVP/read more about the event schedule/speakers/technical here:http://goo.gl/TZnWM Please email fionaxue@uw.edu and CC alex.donn@att.com if you have any questions!

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Have a great weekend everyone! Best, Ellen

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15-Oct: Think Like a CEO: Grow Your Business Smarter & Faster 16-Oct: Equity for Startup Owners and Employees Panel presented by the... 16-Oct: Future of Fashion, Emerging Startup Series #3 16-Oct: Understanding Startup Equity: Valuing Insider Equity 16-Oct: Building High Impact Nonprofits and Social Enterprises 16-Oct: GraphHub Workshop 16-Oct: Introduction to Product Development 16-Oct: Entrepreneurs Roundtable 52 16-Oct: Code as Craft: Scaling Typekit with Paul Hammond 16-Oct: #techdrinkup - Rooftop Party @ Sky Room - official blowout bash... 16-Oct: Master CEO Roundtable - Session 5 - Human Resources 16-Oct: Archtober: Structure + Architecture, An Integrated Design & Analysis Approach 16-Oct: Leila Nadir + Cary Peppermint | ecoarttech - basecamp.exe (Session 1) 16-Oct: The Textured Interior: The Fabric Designs of D.D. and Leslie Tillett and the Next Generation 16-Oct: Neomaterialism: Joshua Simon and Noam Yuran on the Subjectivity and Vitality of Things 16-Oct: Target Design Kids: Design Tales 16-Oct: Target Design Kids: Drop-in on Design 16-Oct: Wanted Design conversation 16-Oct: Want to be inspired? 17-Oct: Archtober Building of the Day: Center for Global Conservation

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17-Oct: The Business of APIs Conference 2012: New York (NYC) (BAPI) 17-Oct: Influencer Marketing Summit 17-Oct: National Design Awards Gala 17-Oct: Target Design Kids: Drop-in on Design 17-Oct: Andrew Revkin: #Knowosphere 17-Oct: Growth Hacking Workshop: Lean Marketing for Startups 17-Oct: Business Development Basics: Strategies and Tactics 17-Oct: Online Advertising Ecosystem 17-Oct: Product Management Workshop 17-Oct: Finding & Managing Tech Teams 17-Oct: How To Grow From 0 to 1 Million Organic Unique Users in 1 Year 17-Oct: The Soho Loft & FundingPost Present the 2012 Mobile Investing... 18-Oct: Legal Stuff Explained 2.4: Equity Crowdfunding 18-Oct: Aging2.0 | New York 18-Oct: Startup Tech Talk & Drinks: Intent Media 18-Oct: Building a Brand-Centric Business Strategy 18-Oct: The Art of the Cold Call 18-Oct: Alternative Real Estate Solutions: Part 1 of 2 - Shared Work... 18-Oct: NY Beta :: Social Media Edition [Social Week] 18-Oct: Hatch Match 2012 18-Oct: Andrew Revkin: #Knowosphere

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18-Oct: Architecture and Design Film Festival 18-Oct: Archtober Building of the Day: 641 Avenue of the Americas 18-Oct: Andrew Revkin: #Knowosphere 18-Oct: Lecture:Professor Liu Kecheng 18-Oct: Preston Scott Cohen, Lecture - Archtober Event 18-Oct: Target Design Kids: Design Tales 18-Oct: Third annual MAS Summit for New York City 18-Oct: Target Design Kids: Drop-in on Design 19-Oct: Archtober Building of the Day: FDR Four Freedoms Park 19-Oct: Target Design Kids: Drop-in on Design 19-Oct: The Beaux-Arts Atelier: A Classical Journey 19-Oct: Introduction to the NYC Startup Community 19-Oct: RecruitCamp Un-Conference for In-house Recruiting Professionals 19-Oct: Community Management Workshop

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