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layoffs
Laid-off Wall Street techs offered work at Silicon Alley startups
Buy low, sell high, as they say on Wall Street. And right now, there's a flow tide of technical talent from shuttered financial firms flooding the New York Area available at rock-bottom prices. Fred Wilson at Union Square Ventures says why not take a pay cut and work longer hours at a Web startup? The "quant jocks" Wilson describes could also bank their savings and some unemployment checks and spend six months pitching a business plan — I bet they could convince Wilson to throw some money your way. The entrepreneurial route worked for former finance techie Jeff Bezos, an early adopter who worked at a hedge fund before hedge funds were cool. First Round Capital has a list of jobs in and around New York for those who would rather continue collecting a paycheck. Though the fund did sneak in email startup Xobni, which is on the left coast. "[H]ey, why not consider a move. The weather is better and winter is coming!!!" That said, so is Julia Allison. (Photo by AP/Mary Altaffer) -
new york, minute
Silicon Alley 100 a bunch of old white guys
Silicon Alley Insider decided to revive one of Jason Calacanis's oldest traditions and produce a Silicon Alley 100. In doing so, the blog run by disgraced tech stock analyst Henry Blodget just proves the thoroughgoing irrelevance of the exercise. The editors' No. 1 man in New York? Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Some other highlights among the old, the rich and the boring? AOL topper Randy Falco, IAC's Barry Diller and Jupitermedia's Alan Meckler. The closest SAI comes to someone we care about is VC blogger Fred Wilson — a moneyman, not an entrepreneur. As in Calacanis's time, New York is where ideas come to be financed, repackaged, and marketed — not invented.
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Comment by Oh No I Di'n't.: WTF? While reading this list I was repeatedly going, "Wait, they're involved in Silicon Alley? Huh." more » | Other threads
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dirty hippies
CBS sets up Wi-Fi in midtown Manhattan
Hey San Francisco, how's the free public Wi-Fi from Google coming? Oh yeah, some of the more leftist among you insist that free Wi-Fi should be a municipal utility. Let me know how that works out for you. In the meantime, over here in New York, one of our Old Media patrons, CBS, was kind enough to hook up all of midtown with free Internet access. We'll let you know how it works on an iPhone. Cheers! -
startups
Silicon Alley revealed as dank, smelly, empty space between buildings
Scott Heiferman, the organizer of the NY Tech Meetup, has canceled tonight's startup presentations, opting for a meet-and-greet instead. Why? He tells Silicon Alley Insider's Peter Kafka that he didn't want to "risk" the event "with presentations that some would find mediocre." Funny, "mediocre" seems to describe any event featuring a bunch of SoHo-dwelling, West-Chelsea-officed, Union-Square-Ventures-funded, trendy-cocktail-swilling, Prada-wearing, Balthazar-brunching, Valley-wannabe startups. On the bright side, attendees will have more time to knock elbows with Kafka and fellow filthy hack turned blogger Dan Frommer.
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By Owen ThomasComment by sdickert: Owen - you are a hack yourself - you only dream of being out here with us meat-eating, BBQ-loving, real-world,... more » | Other threads
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blogs
Internet People Dine At Balthazar, Talk Trash
A summit of angry internet types took place last night; it may have ended in a lasting peace. Not since Yalta have three leaders as large as Lockhart Steele (who is at least technically our boss) and Ben Leventhal from Eater and Abbe Diaz, the Koreshian mercurial leader of PXthis (the forum-land for nightlife, hospitality, and seedy underbellyness) been in the same place at the same time. Diaz, who bears a grudge against Gawker ranking somewhere between Mayweather v. De La Hoya and Red Sox v. Yankees, met the two for a late dinner at Balthazar. Later she triumphantly reported on the evening to her minions. More »
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By Joshua SteinComment by raincoaster: If you pick the right Starbucks you can still leech off the surrounding wifi. Please, like we'd pay for wifi... more » | Other threads
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the onion
'Onion' Editor Needs Moving Help, Raise
Onion features editor Joe Garden, whom none of us has ever met, sent around an email this morning asking everyone to help him move. We've reproduced it below in the spirit of helping Joe out, and also in the hopes that his bosses maybe give him a raise so he can hire some Israelis next time? More »
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Comment by Sara Benincasa: Joe is a fucking genius and has more talent hiding in his ball hair than most of these cockwing commenters... more » | Other threads
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clips
Vending Machine Challenge: Eat 'The Onion'
Gawker videographer Richard Blakeley recorded the AM New York vs. The Onion competitive eating showdown, in which eaters had to make their way through an entire vending machine full of goodies. Watch it if you like to see people puke, or if you're intrigued by the prospect of catching a glimpse of an utterly random celebrity in the background. Hint: he has lived life bass ackwards. More »
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By Emily GouldComment by tammyfey: @Clare: I know! He's yummy, not even just quasi-unreadable-but-free-and-good-enoug...2-bucks-off-Cosi-coupon-paper hot (assuming that's what team he played for). more » | Other threads
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new media
The World's Worst New Media Resume
Dorian Benkoil, the former editorial director of Mediabistro, is serving out his last month on the job, whatever that job is. Hey, he lasted like 7 or 8 months longer than the 6 months we predicted! So we thought we'd take a look at his resume and see what he has to offer this beautiful world of new media. More » -
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silicon alley
Startup idea #2090: Buy Alleywag.com
Blow! Blow! The tech bubble's still not big enough! Enterprising New Yorker Paul Maiorana is selling Alleywag.com, the perfect trademark infringer for Valleywag Startup Idea #2090: A gossip site about New York City's Silicon Alley (home of DoubleClick and iVillage). More » -
silicon alley
The new New York bubble
Silicon Alley's feature coverage in this week's NYT Styles section (because it's too fun for the tech section) shows that the Alley is just like the Valley again — with all the requisite bubble signs: More » -
nyt
Silicon Alley is edgy
Silicon Alley is back, decided the New York Times, and it's edgy. To prove it, the Times opens with the story of a dot-com poetry slam where one schlub fails to impress: More »
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