Perhaps I enjoyed the end of the summer too much, and am now overdue for my usual Friday wrap on NY
tech stories that are in the news. Without further adieu, I share the latest, below:
The NY Times featured a nice profile of AlleyCorp, and NY tech titan and serial entrepreneur Kevin Ryan. Here's an excerpt:
Mr. Ryan, chief executive of the Gilt Groupe
and a founder of several prominent Internet companies, is one of the
technology world’s most influential people, with a career trajectory
that mirrors the rise of New York’s tech scene.
Mr. Ryan and Dwight Merriman run a start-up factory called AlleyCorp,
after Silicon Alley, a nickname given to New York’s answer to Silicon
Valley. It has churned out companies that have almost nothing in common,
from e-commerce to publishing to database software.
On a lighter and more fun note, the WSJ wrote that Silicon Valley mainstays such as beer pong are starting to invade the NY tech scene:
New York's recent technology boom is spawning a new cultural phenomenon:
The laid-back, offbeat workplace vibe of Silicon Valley is now becoming
more common in a city known for more traditional industries like
finance, law and publishing. Start-ups are offering everything from free
catered lunches to beer kegs. They're also bringing employees together
for ping-pong games, rock-climbing lessons and laser tag.
What say you, NY tech denizens (or is it techizens)? Are you seeing some of these things in your many and varied work spaces?
