Press Release and Media Archive
- Female Startups in New York City Are Increasing – Wall Street Journal (Jessica Lawrence Quinn quoted)
- Time to Bring Our Education System in Line with the 21st Century – Xconomy (written by Andrew Rasiej)
- Arts, Crafts, and Techstars Turn Up at New York Tech Meetup – Xconomy
- Looms, Jewelbots, Tiny Clouds and More: At the Last New York Tech Meetup of 2015 – AlleyWatch
- New York’s tech scene: More melting pot, less Silicon Valley – CNET
- NY Tech Meetup to Participate in First-Ever White House Demo Day, Hosted by President Obama
- Quire Talks Equity Crowdfunding & Title III at New York Tech Meetup – Xconomy
- You Will Believe What Happened at the July New York Tech Meetup – AlleyWatch
- New York Tech Meetup Recap: Pager Brings Doctors to the Doorstep – Xconomy
- How I Get It Done: Jessica Lawrence – Fast Company
- Inside the First New York Tech Meetup of 2015 – AlleyWatch
2014
The 2014 New York City Tech Ecosystem Report
For more information and to read the report, visit www.nyctecheconomy.com.
- NYC’s Tech Ecosystem Generates 541,000 Jobs, $125 Billion in Annual Spending and $5.6 Billion in Tax Revenues
- Half of New York’s Tech Workers Lack College Degrees, Report Says – New York Times
- NY1 Online: Experts Discuss City’s Booming Tech Sector – NY1
- City Sees Surge in Tech Jobs: Reports – am New York
- Just How Big Has NYC’s Tech Sector Become? – Crain’s New York Business
- Makeup of NYC’s Tech Workers Might Not Be What You Think It Is – New York Business Journal
- New York City Tech Industry Strong, Growing Fast – Inc.
- How Many Tech Jobs Are There in NYC? Depends Whom You Ask? – WNYC
- Tech Workers Are Now Sizable Slice of Big Apple’s Economy – Entrepreneur (written by Jessica Lawrence)
- The Growth of Tech Businesses in the City – WCBS 880
Media Coverage
- New York Business Journal’s Women of Influence Winners Announced – New York Business Journal (Jessica Lawrence selected)
- Rachel Haot Revisits NY Tech Meetup, Talks State’s Innovation Plans – Xconomy
- Bitcoin and Chief Digital Officer Take the Stage at the Last NY Tech Meetup of the Year – AlleyWatch
- Is NYC’s Tech Scene Just Hype? – Forbes
- PowerToFly at New York Tech Meetup, Helping More Women Get Hired in Tech – Xconomy
- October NY Tech Meetup: Proof That There Are Investors in the Room – AlleyWatch
- What Elements Make a Tech Community Thrive? – SciTechNow
- A Mayor Bill de Blasio Announces Chief Tech Officer for New York at NYTM – Xconomy
- Mayor de Blasio names new Chief Technology Officer – NY Daily News
- UBS executive named city’s first tech czar – Crain’s New York
- A Guide to the Perfect Tech Company Pitch – APM Marketplace
- Entrepreneurs Should Check Out This Gathering – Forbes
- New Tech City: How New York Became the Silicon Valley of the East – Slate
Press Releases
- REVISED VENUE – SXSW Gets a Taste of Big Apple Tech at NY Tech Meetup: Austin on March 8
- NY Tech Meetup Partners with The Flatiron School, Hires Two Graduates as Hackers-in-Residence
2013
Media Coverage
- Senator Schumer Calls for Better Internet Connectivity, WiredNYC Responds – PandoDaily
- The Campaign to Rebuild New York’s Data Infrastructure Comes to NYTM – Xconomy
- The December NYTM with a Senator in the House – AlleyWatch
- 50 People in NYC’s Tech Scene That You Need to Know – The Next Web (Jessica Lawrence featured)
- GOOD 100: Meet Nate Westheimer, Keeping Your Memories Safe and Sound – GOOD
- NY Tech Meetup Announces New Coalition to Support Women in Tech – The Next Web
- WNYC Presents: How Tech Is Changing the Way Women Work (video of Jessica Lawrence on panel) – The Greene Space
- Marketplace Tech for Friday, March 8, 2013 (interview with Jessica Lawrence) – Marketplace Tech Report
- NY Tech Meetup’s Jessica Lawrence on the Hottest Ticket in Town – Entrepreneur
- This Is New York: Dawn Barber, Co-Founder of NY Tech Meetup – The Epoch Times
Press Releases
- Thomson Reuters Signs on to NYTM as Annual Sustaining Sponsor
- NY Tech Meetup, Control Group, & Girl Develop It Announce Formation of Coalition for Women in Technology
- New Sponsors, Full Schedule Announced for Made in NY: Austin Event at SXSW
- Made in NY: Austin Returns to SXSW to Celebrate NYC Tech, Culture, Food, and Art
- NY Tech Meetup Organizes Its Tech Community to Aid Victims of Hurricane Sandy
2012
Media Coverage
- NYC’s Tech Community Lends Culture and Code to Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts – Forbes
- NYC’s Mayor Challenges Designers, Hardware Hackers, and Policy Buffs to Reinvent the Humble Payphone – TechCrunch
- Mayor Bloomberg Calls Upon Techies to Reinvent New York City’s Payphones – VentureBeat
- City to Techies: Design Payphone of the Future – Crain’s New York
- Michael Bloomberg Wants to Do Something Cool with New York’s Phone Booths – Slate
- New York City Challenges Silicon Alley to Reinvent the Payphone – WNYC
- Tech Community Helps Sandy Victims by Offering Expertise – NY1
- Hacking for a Post-Sandy New York City – Forbes
- New York Tech Meetup Rallying Tech Volunteers Post-Sandy – Business Insider
- Silicon Alley Deals with Power Loss – New York Post
- Geeks to the Rescue: NYC’s Tech Community Rallies Together for Sandy Relief – VentureBeat
- NYC Techies Volunteer to Get Businesses Back Up Post-Sandy – Xconomy
- These Are the People Making NYC Tech Rock – VentureBeat
- Obama’s CTO Attends NY Tech Meetup – WNET MetroFocus
- Washington Makes an Appeal to New York Tech Entrepreneurs – Inc.
- Coalition Offers Affordable Tech Classes – New York Daily News
- New York Revs Its Startup Engine – Forbes
- TV-Tokyo Coverage of NY Tech Meetup’s Women’s Demo Night – TV-Tokyo
- Our Favorite Startups from Women’s Demo Night, Hosted by New York Tech Meetup and Change the Ratio – BetaBeat
- NY Tech Meetup Has 25,000 Members (video) – Bloomberg TV
- NY Tech Meetup Hosts Its First Women’s Demo Night – BetaBeat
- Tech Tonic Checks in at the NY Tech Meetup – Reuters
- Highlights from NY Tech Meetup in May – WNET MetroFocus
- I Want My Aereo TV – Forbes
- May’s New York Tech Meetup: $12 HDTV & Quality Digital Assets – TimesUnion.com
- NY Tech Meetup’s Rising Voice – Crain’s New York Business
- NY Tech Meetup: Fostering Community & Growth Since 2004 – Thirteen.org (WNET New York Public Media)
- The Case for Learning to Code – Inc.
- In Austin, at SXSW, “Made in NY” Event Will Celebrate NYC Startups – The Next Web
- NASDAQ Partners with NY Tech Meetup – Crain’s
Press Releases
- U.S. CTO Todd Park Addresses Packed NY Tech Meetup, Discusses Government’s Role in Encouraging Innovation
- NY Tech Meetup Enlists NYC-Based MLB Advanced Media as Official Streaming Provider for Monthly Tech Demo Events
- NY Tech Meetup and NASDAQ OMX Kickoff Series of “Conversations with Women in Tech” Events
- NY Tech Meetup in Partnership with Change the Ratio and Microsoft Announces First Women’s Demo Night
- At tonight’s NYTM: “Made in NY” Web Video PSA
- Made in NY: Austin Event Will Celebrate New York-Based Tech Startups at SXSW
- NY Tech Meetup and NASDAQ OMX Announce Media Partnership
- NY Tech Meetup Alum Tumblr Now Annual Sustaining Sponsor
2011
Media Coverage
- New York Tech Meetup: College Edition – Forbes.com
- Here’s What Mayor Bloomberg Announced Tonight At New York Tech Meetup – Business Insider
- Mayor Bloomberg Makes His First Trip to NY Tech Meetup to Announce the Mayor’s Council on Tech – BetaBeat
- Back to School @ NYTM – The Flack
- NY Tech Meetup: Calorie Counting, Drink Sharing and Moveable Feasts – NY Convergence
- NY Tech Meetup Review: OnePager, Framey, Drynks and More – TheFasterTimes
- New York’s Silicon Alley Lives On at NY Tech Meeting – NY1-TV
- Google ‘Committed’ to New York Tech Community, Throws Some Cash at the Mothership of Meetups – BetaBeat
- Meet-Ups Polish Up Their Acts – WSJ.com
- NY Tech Meetup: Flying Objects, Barking Dogs and the Mayor’s Tech Goal – NYConvergence
- Birth of a Name: What NYC Startups Can Learn From Google, Twitter & Apple (all NYTM-demo companies) – WNYC
- To Entrepreneurially Minded Women: New York Welcomes You! – Forbes.com
- NYTM Part I: Skeletons, Break Dancers, and Friends – NY Convergence
- 5 Rules of Success From Brooklyn’s DIY Masters (NYTM’s Jessica Lawrence quoted) – Inc.com
- NYTech Meetup: SleepsWithTheFish.es Steals the Show – NY Convergence
- Startup Summer Gives Underserved Kids a Shot at Start-Up Life – BetaBeat
- May’s NY Tech Meetup: Loving, Fighting and Lots of Hacks – NY Convergence
- Jessica Lawrence profile – WeAreNYTech
- Behind The Scenes At The New York Tech Meetup – TechCrunchTV
- April NY Tech Meetup: Genius, Messages, Music and a Lemonade Stand – NY Convergence
- New Dawn: What You Missed at New York Tech Meetup – BetaBeat NY Observer
- Girl Scout Named Managing Director of New York Tech Meetup – NY Observer
- The NY Tech Meetup: From Personal Assistants to Restaurant Advice – NY Convergence
- Now Hiring! What You Missed at New York Tech Meetup – NY Observer
- NY Tech Meetup: From Uncomfortable to the Inspirational – NY Convergence
- Freebies, Skirball Pride, and Scott Heiferman Breaks Another iPad: What You Missed at NYTM – NY Observer
Press releases
- Jessica Lawrence one of Daily Muse 12 Women to Watch in 2012
- Microsoft Signs on as NY Tech Meetup Annual Sustaining Sponsor
- MAYOR BLOOMBERG LAUNCHES NYC BIGAPPS 3.0 COMPETITION, ANNOUNCES NEW TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL AND IMMIGRATION SEMINARS FOR START-UPS
- First “Annual Sustaining Sponsor” for NY Tech Meetup
2010
Media Coverage
- Anil Dash and Evan Korth Win New York Tech Meetup Board Election – NY Observer
- Campaign Season Kicks Off at the NY Tech Meetup – NYConvergence
- What You Missed at New York Tech Meetup – NY Observer
- College Night at the NY Tech Meetup – NY Convergence
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Rival Startups GroupMe And Fast Society Clash At New York Tech Meetup – SAI Business Insider
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Will Demo for Cookies: What Went Down at the September New York Tech Meetup – NY Observer Daily Transom
Press Releases