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The roots of Silicon Valley and its history of innovation are firmly planted in Stamford University and U.C. Berkeley, two of the top engineering schools in the US. NYC has never had a top engineering school.
However, I think that there is enough of a "real" technology community here that a decent programmer or software engineer shouldn't have any problem finding interesting and lucrative work.
As the country's media and advertising capital, it makes sense that NY is a center for new media startups, especially as "old media" sheds talent through layoffs.
As for Seattle, I have a hunch that its software community's fate is tied to Microsoft, and it seems as if Microsoft's days of total dominance appear to be over. Just a hunch. I don't really have anything empirical to support it.
I'm not in software, and I wouldn't be surprised if Silicon Seattle fades into history as Microsoft does. But I was thinking that New York should have everything, including a leading edge technology area, since it is one of the three most important cities on Earth, the other two being London and Tokyo.
Nothing. But I have to be in such an area which fosters innovation. The entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley are concentrated there because of the culture, as opposed to some other area of the US; so, to start up a high tech company, I should be in a similar environment.
How do you start up a leading edge company anyway?
preferably try to start something that will take as little money as possible to get going but will have a high yield money wise
find some smart @ss university geeks to do your work for you
shop the end result around the V.Cs to see if they are willing to invest
etc.
That geek who started facebook, he did that crap in his dorm room and then brought in a hoard of geek associates to help out. Study how those guys get started, and mimic/improve on their method
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Without going into detail, you have a wealth of talent in those universities in the North East. Figure out how to tap that.
I'm asking about NY because I love NYC, especially Manhattan. I'm well established back here, and I have been expanding, but, as I said, there's nothing like NY.
I'm thinking of fleshing out my firm here, and then, in a few years, go to Manhattan.
I have worked at a University for the last 4 years. I am giving you jewels here. Tap them for resources as far as workers and get that VC money to help build out the business when you get going. It can be done, you can lead the charge, just come up with a solid plan.
Every business reflects its boss. If the boss cannot create leading edge design, then that business will not be a leading edge company. Apple is a good case in point - when Steve Jobs wasn't at the helm, the company was just so-so; then he came back, and Apple came up with the Ipod, Itunes, and Iphone.
Some great information on this thread. Lots of great Web startups here. Great programmers tend to do their best work from 10PM to 6AM and NY is the city that never sleeps.
Check out... The easiest place in cyberspace to "deploy now and develop later" (broken link)
I moved back home to NYC just as the dot.com crash started. It took me a long time to find work as the "silicon alley" was starting to dry out. Then 9/11 happened and drove most of those business out of NYC and into Austin. The New York New Media association went out of business as a sign of how bad things were. While there has been some recovery, its nothing like its former self.
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