FREE EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION UNTIL MAY 10th – $10 Thereafter!

Do you remember the smell of that sun deprived basement room you wrote your first line of code in, while listening to rock, hip hop and the screams of your mom telling you to get out of the house?

Well this is where most of us started their insane but awesome programming journey!

Join us on June 5th for a panel discussion on how CTO’s for well known NYC startups have taken their idea from a small basement, a tiny server and few thousand lines of codes to a fleet of engineers, complex data distribution systems and millions in revenue and investor money.

The panel will touch up on the following:

• How to start coding and the needed set of skills to master it
• How to come up with an idea and the vision that fires it all
• The initial difficulties and limitations you face as a solo developer
• How to assemble or join a team with various skill set (designers, developers, testers,etc)
• How to properly test and organize the development cycle
• How to monetize the product and the responsibility that comes with SaaS software
• How to know when to scale and fire those who do not bring value to you
• How to socialize as a developer
• Recommended productivity tools used by most developers
• etc…

 

Speakers:

Evan Spielberg

Evan is a Co-Founder and the Chief Technology Officer of roopstigo - www.roopstigo.com – a new sports network focused on in-depth original content and digital distribution.

As a digital professional Evan possesses a fundamental understanding of technology and a sharp business acumen. Evan is most passionate about new product development, product strategy, and disruptive technologies.

Evan’s most recent work has focused on new media and digital content, managing app product development, re-usability, and new platform prototyping. Evan’s education includes a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, a Masters of Science in Computer Science, and the a Masters of Business Administration.

 

 

James Cropcho

James is the Chief Technology Officer of Fashism. He has been building software applications, and companies around those applications, for over a decade and a half in a variety of languages and platforms. He rapidly creates extendible and maintainable applications for early-stage startups. He is the creator of the MongoDB schema analyzer Variety, which was covered on the official MongoDB blog in 2012. He was part of a two-person team which uncovered the first wide-scale breach of the secret ballot in American history in 2007, and was featured on CNet and National Public Radio.

 

Alec Hartman

Alec is currently a Managing Partner at NYC Dev Shop www.nycdevshop.com, a boutique web development firm that specializes in Ruby on Rails Development, Consulting Code Review and client experience.

Alec has a long history of taking a big hand in game-changing companies. He is a proud TechStars Alum, he previously owned and sold an Event Management firm in Florida, and is a Co-Founder of Digital Ocean, a cloud-hosting firm.

 

 

 

Agenda:

6:30pm: checkin- and pre-event networking

7:00 pm: Brief intros from the organizers and the group members

7:15 pm: Introduce the guests and start the panel discussion

8:15 pm: Q&A

8:30 pm: Event conclusion and annoucements

After event networking

Beer special and food menu available as well as limited seating, so arrive early!

This meetup is for anyone interested in learning how to take their development skills to another level and possibly meet other technical co-founders.

Admission online is Free until May 10th then $10 therafter.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE TAKE ATTENDANCE SERIOUSLY SO IF YOU RSVP’D AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO MAKE IT, YOU WILL NEED TO unRSVP THE DAY BEFORE.

 

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Hello Crowdies, this free workshop will be the first in an occasional series of workshops and panels with a focus on startups and entrepreneurship.

Cutting through and breaking down the legalese, this class is ideal for first-time startup founders/employees, those contemplating joining a startup, or solo entrepreneurs considering hiring their first employees.

Startup founders will learn about having to create option pools, what investors may require and how this affects the actual valuation of the startup.

Startup employees who receive company stock grants or options will learn the answers to the following questions and more:

• What is the value of my equity?
• When can I turn it into money I can put in my pocket?
• What is a vesting schedule, and why should I care?
• What is dilution, and how does it impact the value of my equity?
• What is a capitalization table, and can I see it?
• What can I ask for when I negotiate my equity compensation?
• What if I want to change jobs? What can I do with my equity then?

 

This workshop will be taught by:

Jamie Lee – Girls in Tech NYC Chapter Board Member, Organizer

Jamie Lee first learned about equity while tracking blue chip stocks trading in Asian equity markets as a hedge fund analyst. She then got her startup chops as an MBA analyst intern at Golden Seeds, an angel investment fund that invests in women-led startups, and as Operations Director at Tipping Point Partners, an institutional startup co-founder. She is a Girls in Tech NYC chapter treasurer and event organizer.

She’s been a frequent speaker on the topic of employee equity compensation, with Girls in Tech, wimlink, Docracy, and Digital District. She runs, blogs, and tries to learn something new every day. For this class she has gathered the best insights from leading venture capitalists such as Fred Wilson, Andy Payne, and Brad Feld and has leading startup lawyers for best practices in negotiating startup equity.

Ekaterina Mouratova – founder of The Law Firm of Ekaterina Mouratova, PLLC

Ekaterina focuses her practice on general business and corporate law, securities regulations, intellectual property, and immigration matters. Having comprehensive education both in civil and common law systems and precise understanding of multi-cultural practices allows Ms. Mouratova to successfully represent domestic and international clients.

Ekaterina is a frequent speaker at seminars and author of multiple publications on business law. She is an active member of the New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association, and a pro bono attorney at the New York City Bar Association the Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project (an organization that provides mid- and low-income entrepreneurs with free legal services in their business matters).

Earlier this year, Ms. Mouratova authored and published a book – Business Law for Entrepreneurs. A Legal Guide to Doing Business in the United States. This book is a useful assistant to entrepreneurs, business owners, managers, and other professionals on every stage of their business development, from start-up to the further functioning of the company. Ekaterina’s aim in publishing this book is to give access to vital legal information to a wider audience ranging from starting entrepreneurs to owners of established companies.

Innovation… What’s going on with social… and how to work with agencies.

So you’ve built your product, you’ve raised your money, and now it’s time to close those strategic deals, get some traction and create growth.  Many startups look to brands and agencies to partner, sell to, and they are interested in the latest in tech as well.  Come here a panel from McCann’s tech, social, and innovation groups talk about what’s up and coming.

They will talk about what drive digital innovation inside the “machine”. Innovation in social, new tech from what brands are looking for and how to come up with creative ideas for what brands want.  As well as what is New media these days and what are game changing companies they are seeing.  They will offer up different perspectives – creative, social, tech to pitching agencies, brands.  Getting deals done.

Happy hour to follow at 5pm

Mark Fallows

EVP Creative Technology at McCann New York

I have been focused on exploiting change since my first day in advertising. Working in global, regional and local roles across a broad range of brands (IKEA, UPS, L’Oreal, Nokia, Microsoft, Oracle, Land Rover, Bass Beer, Johnson & Johnson), I have successfully managed multi-disciplinary teams in Europe, Asia and North America. In every instance, I created a culture of

creative problem solving.

In 2006, I was hired to establish McCann London’s digital capabilities and drive digital innovation inside the “machine”. From nothing, I assembled a team of web designers, developers, UX specialists, PM’s, SEO and social media strategists to implement new processes, develop relevant strategies and to help create a range of award winning, integrated, web-centric campaigns. In 2010 I moved to McCann New York to replicate this. Over last year I have been a core part of the team that pitched and won the re-invention of the Ikea Catalogue and the prototype project for Ikea.com.

My knowledge of the industry is broad, my experience and insight into digital and social technologies fuels my vision for how the industry and agencies must evolve.

My goals remain simple; innovate, create great work, keep my team motivated and happy, break rules, explore new ideas, take risks and above all build things.

 

Debbie Fried

VP, Manager of Business Communications and Continuity at McCann New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natalie Lam

Executive Creative Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stefan Feissli

Head of Technology Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Talib Nelson Front-End Developer

 

 

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Friday speaker series brings key thought leaders, investors, executives in an intimate fireside chat format conversational approach to giving entrepreneurs access to trends, ideas, process within large organizations and better understand how things work.

Imagine you had a meeting with these angels and access to ask anything.  The audience is kept small to allow for that engagement. More hard to reach guys are brought each Friday for real conversations.  Come learn about what you can’t “google” to stay updated on what the market wants and share a beer.

 

Please RSVP for this event at Eventbrite.

Started a business? Great! But now what? Hear from a panel of experienced professionals on how to grow your business and what the major next steps are to meeting your goals. You’ll learn about topics like marketing, branding, trademarking, and strategic planning. In addition, we’ll have a open Q&A session towards the end of the seminar, where you can ask your specific question to our guest speakers.

Speakers:

Jessica Perilla (on Marketing and Branding)

Founder & Creative Director of JPD Studio Inc.

With a background in both web technology and design – she holds degrees in multi-media development and management and graphic design – Jessica has worked in the field of web design since 2000. In addition to making her clients’ visions come alive through her passion for design, Jessica is a web design instructor and teaches in English and Spanish at her alma mater, the School of Visual Arts. She serves on the Advisory Board at the College of Westchester, where she helps guide digital media curriculum for the school. Jessica donates murals to hospitals through her organization, The Mural Project. She is also the founder of Web2Fem, an organization that strives to inspire, empower and encourage women entrepreneurs.

Laurie Marshall (on Trademarking)

Laurie is the owner of TradeMarks The Spot, a business designed to help entrepreneurs and small business owners protect their intellectual property, specifically their trademarks. Laurie has been a trademark attorney for over 17 years and has worked for several well-known firms in New York City. She also spent 10 years as Major League Baseball’s in-house counsel. Her client list includes many professional baseball and football organizations and hundreds of entrepreneurs who have started their small businesses in a variety of industries. Laurie is on the Advisory Board of Big Apple Entrepreneurs and speaks regularly on trademarks at venues such as General Assembly, In Good Company, Green Spaces, FIT and NYIT. Laurie is also a Venture in Residence at the NYIT Entrepreneur Center. Additionally, Laurie’s TradeMarks The Spot business was a finalist in the Make Mine A Million Competition sponsored by American Express, Open Forum and Count Me In.

Alexandra Chou (on Strategic Planning)

Alex is a NYS CPA, who has previously worked at a Big 4 accounting firm performing auditing and consulting services for Fortune 500 businesses. Subsequently, she worked at an investment bank conducting operational reviews for the private equity and private banking segments. At the investment bank, she also obtained her Series 7 and 63 licenses. She combines her accounting background with her experience in the financial sector to assist start-ups and small business owners with taxes, creating viable business plans, and implementing strategic plans to grow your company.

Agenda:

6:00-6:15pm – Introductions

6:15-7:30pm – Panel Discussion

7:30-8:00pm – Audience Q&A

Jon Steinberg, President of BuzzFeed

Buzzfeed is one of the most topical startups in New York and has created ripples in the media industry, most recently name checked by the President at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in DC.

We’re delighted to have Jon Steinberg, President of Buzzfeed, join us for our May installment of Startup Grind.

Jon is an ex-Googler, and previously the Director of Business Development at Majestic Research and the founder of iBuilding, a commercial real estate software company backed by Tishman Speyer Properties, Benchmark Capital, and 12 Entrepreneuring.

He is a graduate of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and holds an MBA from Columbia University.

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Agenda

6:00 Networking and Food

7:00 Fireside Chat

8:00 Networking

 

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Hosted By Neil Anderson, Director of Startup Grind New York City

Neil Anderson is a New York & London based entrepreneur and early stage investor with operational experience in corporate strategy, enterprise software & innovation management, international outsourcing and infrastructure development. A founding partner of the Hubitat incubator and founding investor of Angel Round Capital Investment.

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Hosted By Brian Park, Director of Startup Grind New York City

Over 18 years professional experience in web/online/mobile product development. Experience in developing innovative consumer and enterprise collaborative web products and services.  Has started three previous startups. Previously worked for AOL and Merrill Lynch. Is a CMUer.

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Future Startup Grind Events:

Startup Grind San Francisco: Ali Pincus, One Kings Lane on May 30th, 2013.

Alison Pincus is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of One Kings Lane. A digital media veteran, Alison was inspired to co-create One Kings Lane to converge her passion for e-shopping and design. Alison oversees business development and strategic partnerships. Previously, Alison held digital marketing and business development positions at The Walt Disney Company, NBC and Hachette Filipacchi. Alison received her MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and her BS from UC Berkeley.

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Startup Grind Philadelphia: Gabriel Weinberg, DuckDuckGo on June 5th, 2013.

Gabriel Weinbergis the CEO and Founder of DuckDuckGo, a search engine that does not track you and has better instant answers.  DuckDuckGo is gaining more and more market share every year and is widely considered a Top 5 search engine.  Previously, Gabriel founded NamesDatabase, which was sold to Classmates.comin 2006 for $10MM.  Gabriel was educated at MIT, with a B.S. in Physics and an M.S. in Technology and Policy.  He is an active angel investorand is currently the Chapter Director ofOpen Angel Forum Philadelphia.  He is also an active bloggeron all things startup.

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Startup Grind Silicon Valley: Jessica Livingston, Y Combinator on June 6th, 2013.

Jessica Livingston is a partner at Y Combinator. She was previously VP of marketing at investment bank Adams Harkness, where she managed an award-winning rebranding of the company. She is the author of Founders at Work (2007), a book of interviews with startup founders, and writes regularly about YC on her blog. She has a BA in English from Bucknell.

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Startup Grind Washington DC: Jim Bankoff, Vox Media onJune 10th, 2013.

Jim is CEO and Chairman of Vox Media, a global internet media company that currently has three major editorial brands, SB Nation, The Verge, and Polygon, a video-gaming site. SB Nation, its sports brand, boasts over 30mm users per month across 300 individually branded, fan-centric sports communities, each covering a specific professional or college team, league or sport. The Verge has quickly established itself as a category leader and the fastest growing site that covers technology. Polygon is a site dedicated to news and community for fans of gaming, anchored by an all-star roster of writers. The company enjoys support from leading investors including Accel Partners, Comcast Interactive Capital and Khosla Ventures.

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Startup Grind LA: Mark Suster, GRP Partners on June 12th, 2013.

Mark is an entrepreneur, angel investor, blogger, Techstars mentor, and investment partner at GRP Partners, joining them in 2007 after having worked with the firm for nearly 8 years as a two-time entrepreneur. Most recently Mark was Vice President of Product Management at Salesforce.com following its acquisition of Koral, where Mark was Founder and CEO.

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Startup Grind San Antonio: Patrick Condon, Rackspace on June 25th, 2013.

Patrick Condon is one of the cofounders of Rackspace Hosting, a San Antonio based hosting company that has grown to $1 billion in revenue. At Rackspace, Condon has held all kinds of leadership positions in marketing, customer care, and business development. Condon attended both Trinity University and Santa Clara University.

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Startup Grind DC: Michael Chasen, Blackboard and SocialRadar onJuly 10th, 2013.

Michael Chasen is the cofounder of Blackboard and .  Blackboard is one of the biggest enterprise and educational technology companies in the world with revenue of around $500 million and is used by over 9,300 institutions in more than 60 countries.  He had helped raise $103 million in venture funding and led the company as CEO for 15 years and successfully sold it to Providence Equity Partners for $1.7 billion in 2011. He has a new startup called , a company focused on the mobile location services space and is building applications on smartphones and Google Glass that will change the way people connect. Register here!

Startup Grind Silicon Valley: Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures onJuly 18th, 2013.

Khosla co-founded Sun Microsystems (SUN is the acronym for the Stanford University Network), along with Stanford classmates Scott McNealy, Andy Bechtolsheim, and UC Berkeley computer science graduate student Bill Joy. Khosla served as the first chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems from 1982 to 1984, when he left the company to become a venture capitalist. In 1986, Khosla joined the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as a general partner. At Kleiner, Khosla became a recognized venture capitalist, with several successful early stage investments.

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Past Events:

Startup Grind Silicon Valley: TechCrunch article on Matt Rogers of Nest

From The Garage To 200 Employees In 3 Years: How Nest Thermostats Were Born

 

 

What is Startup Grind?

Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in more than 40 cities and 20 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Our monthly fireside chat interviews, startup mixers and annual conferences provide ample opportunities to connect with amazing startups and the people behind them, tap into a strong support network, form meaningful connections and gain inspiration for the startup journey ahead. For more information visit StartupGrind.com or follow us on twitter .