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WE E K LY N E W SL E TT ER

ISSUE 06 JANUARY 2012

Happy New Year! I hope you experienced a delightful holiday season, are having a wonderful week, have caught up on emails, have successfully combated the post-holiday lag and your eyes gleam whilst envisioning your involvement within the NYSA community in 2012! NYSA's first event of 2012 is soon approaching: The focus for Jan is Social Good, featuring a slightly different agenda. The well received Spirited Debate remains, however, this time around, instead of pitch-like startup presentations, we are holding a panel discussion comprising three startup founders who will be asked to provide feedback on 4 'key' questions. Both the debate and panel discussion are interactive sessions, meaning q&a whilst speakers are on stage is a must. RSVP here to attend 'Startups for Social Good' on 24-Jan. Interested in working for a London-based startup? If you said "YES!" and will be in London on the evening of 18-Jan, join our London counterpart, the London Silicon Roundabout, for their Jan event. The LSR TechStartupJobs Fair is being hosted at Innovation Warehouse, an incubator and co-working space. There are 150+ registered attendees and 30+ startups looking to hire. RSVP here to attend the job fair. If you have any questions regarding the event, get in touch with Olga via email olga@techmeetups.com. If you're in NYC - look forward to seeing you on 23-Jan!

Cheers, Luisa New York Silicon Alley

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EVENTS
New York Silicon Alley January Meetup Startups for Social Good January 24, 2012 6:30 PM ContraStudios, 122 West 26th Street, Chelsea, NY [ RSVP HERE ] New York Silicon Alley February Meetup BeMyApp Mobile App Olympics 2012 February 24-26, 2012 6:00 PM Seidenberg School of CSIS (Pace University) 163 William Street, 2nd & 3rd Floor, New York, NY [ RSVP HERE ] 11-Jan: Microsoft Social Computing Symposium 11-Jan: The NYC JavaScript & HTML5 Monthly Hackfest - January 2012 13-Jan: Green Breakfast Club 13-Jan: iOS 5 Tech Talk World Tour 2011 - New York 14-Jan: NRF 101st Annual Convention & EXPO

IN THE NEWS
Ruby Developer Demand Remains High in 2012 Outlook in NYC, Silicon Valley January 3, 2012 Ask any entrepreneur in Silicon Alley, and youll find that theres a shortage of engineers and developers in New York City. Thats a tough truth to deal with if you happen to be an entrepreneur, but if youre a developer or an engineer, the high demand spells more cash on the job.

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First Interview: Chris Dixon Talks eBays Purchase of Hunch December 31, 2011 When it comes to big data and personal recommendations, Hunch and eBay are a match made in heaven. Both work with mountains of unstructured data and hope to improve user recommendations through social signals.

JOBS
Ruby Developer Contract or Permanent @ The Currency Cloud (Full-Time) We are seeking a Ruby Developer to join our small London team to help design and develop new feature and on-going improvements to TCCs real real-time, distributed financial markets trading platform. Designer, Developer, Teacher @ Decoded (Full-Time) We are seeking motivated, independent people with skills that can help take us to the next level. You might be a wizard front-end designer/developer who crafts beautiful interfaces using HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery-fuelled JavaScript. You could be a native app developer with Ruby, Python, C++ and SQL streaming from your fingertips. You might be a graphic designer, a project manager, a trainer, a noncoder, a sysadmin your job title doesnt matter were interested in you. UI IX designer / developer @ eReceipts (Full-Time) [London, UK] A detail oriented, pixel perfect craftsman. Someone who can weave HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript to delight our customers. Someone who enjoys a startup, high pressure, high reward environment. Waldo. Someone who laughs in the face of learning curves and lives on the bleeding edge of design. Someone who is brimming with ambition and bursting with creativity. A self-starter. Responsible and selfmotivated; able to accomplish tasks with minimal guidance and work effectively with a small hands-off team. Students are encouraged to apply as well. iPhone/Android App Developer @ Rippll (Full-Time) [London, UK] An excellent opportunity for a Junior iPhone/Android developer to improve your skill set and gain valuable experience publishing a range of apps including location based and social software or for a student of computer programming to learn about iPhone/Android development at an established apps development company in London.

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READING & VIEWING

20 UK Startups of 2011 Your Hidden Potential Creepy Facebook, No More Wallets, and NYC Tech Rising: Predictions for the Internet in 2012 BetaBeat The crowd funding revolution kickstarts a new economic hope Silicon Republic Entrepreneurship center opens for Big Apple innovators MedCity Should you launch at a conference? Joel on Software Congress to mull startup creation WestFair Online Retail Store Showcases Different Merchandise from Startups PSFK Top 10 Startups of 2011 Read Write Web The most exciting moments of 2011 from NYCs best new startups The Next Web 2011 Year in Review: New York Startup Scene Blossoms International Business Times More Startup info at TechStartHub