Next Decade for NYC Tech Startups

NYC now has all the key ingredients of a startup ecosystem, including (in addition to the above) service providers focused on startups (lawyers, recruiters, etc.) and a growing number of serial entrepreneurs.

As important as any of the above are the shifts that are taking place in where startup opportunities exist.  Silicon Valley and Route 128 (anyone remember that?) completely dominated the infrastructure space.  But a lot more opportunities these days exist at the application and content layers.  Graphic and social design are becoming as (if not more) important than technical design.  These are areas that NYC has traditionally excelled in.

Finally, a whole new generation of entrepreneurs are “net native,” meaning they have grown up with the Internet.  They are not only too young to remember the dominance of Silicon Valley and Route 128 but more importantly they have internalized the Internet’s global reach and place less emphasis on geography for their startups.

All told, I believe this will be a terrific decade for tech startups in NYC.  I look forward to tonight (7:30pm) and am eager to hear any other points folks think worth mentioning.

NYC now has all the key ingredients of a startup ecosystem, including (in addition to the above) service providers focused on startups (lawyers, recruiters, etc.) and a growing number of serial entrepreneurs.

As important as any of the above are the shifts that are taking place in where startup opportunities exist.  Silicon Valley and Route 128 (anyone remember that?) completely dominated the infrastructure space.  But a lot more opportunities these days exist at the application and content layers.  Graphic and social design are becoming as (if not more) important than technical design.  These are areas that NYC has traditionally excelled in.

Finally, a whole new generation of entrepreneurs are “net native,” meaning they have grown up with the Internet.  They are not only too young to remember the dominance of Silicon Valley and Route 128 but more importantly they have internalized the Internet’s global reach and place less emphasis on geography for their startups.

All told, I believe this will be a terrific decade for tech startups in NYC.  I look forward to tonight (7:30pm) and am eager to hear any other points folks think worth mentioning.

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