Tagged: new york

September 27, 2013 @ 10:01 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Started by Greenwich Village mask maker and puppeteer Ralph Lee in 1974, the Parade began as a walk from house to house in his neighborhood for his children and their friends. In 1981, with audiences reaching into the hundred thousands, Celebration Artist and Producer Jeanne… Read More

August 29, 2013 @ 4:30 pm By José Francisco Ávila  |  

The following post was submitted to us this week by José Francisco Ávila. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, many have expressed their opinion as to the strides made since then, and how much more work Americans have to… Read More

July 29, 2013 @ 9:31 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Leave your guitar at home and play a beautiful Gibson acoustic guitar! Rockethub Takeoff Tuesday begins with a Open Mic/Songwriter workshop; followed by musicians and bands below. 9PM – DAMN GLAD 10PM – AARON LAVIGNE 11PM – PETE LANCTOT

July 11, 2013 @ 10:13 am By Charles Luzar  |  

With 24 hours left in the campaign the +POOL seems certain to be fully funded, needing just a few thousand dollars to reach a goal of $250K. The +POOL project promises a pool that will float in the Hudson river, clean the river water and… Read More

July 8, 2013 @ 10:49 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Soho Loft has teamed with FundingPost.com for an event in New York City this August. The NYC VC, Angel and Crowd Investing Conference will bring together representatives from venture capital, angel groups and the crowdfunding space to discuss how to access capital in the 21st… Read More

July 2, 2013 @ 9:23 am By Charles Luzar  |  

SeedInvest has launched a new feature on their equity crowdfunding platform. The feature, called SeedInvest Groups, specifically targets angel groups, venture capitalists and other organizations with an active role in funding early-stage companies. SeedInvest CEO Ryan Feit says that the new feature was largely driven… Read More

June 25, 2013 @ 10:09 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Peloton is a firm based in New York City that has brought an innovative exercise bike to Kickstarter, and the product boasts an extremely impressive list of features. At Peloton, we love two things: technology and fitness.  We believe the fitness category has been under-served… Read More

June 19, 2013 @ 9:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The LendIt conference is a major event taking place tomorrow, June 20th in New York City. The event is now sold out, and in light of this the conference organizers have announced that the event will be available online via livestream. Discussion points at the event… Read More

June 16, 2013 @ 7:56 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Family and PlayLab are two New York-based design firms that happen to share an office space. The two firms have put their heads together to try and build a crazy pool that will float in the Hudson river, clean the river water and allow New… Read More

May 22, 2013 @ 7:40 am By USA Today  |  

ARMONK, N.Y. — The $100,000 Thiel Foundation fellowship James Schuler just won allows young entrepreneurs to drop out of college to pursue their business ideas — except he never got there in the first place. Before graduating from Byram Hills High School in Armonk, N.Y., last year,… Read More

April 22, 2013 @ 7:37 am By Mashable  |  

Film projects on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter have raised $127 million in pledges since April 2009, Kickstarter’s Stephanie Pereira announced onstage at TFI Interactive. The $127 million figure has now increased to $128 million on Kickstarter’s live stats page. More than 1 million people have pledged money to help… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 9:31 am By Cathy Horyn  |  

The other day you may have read about Patrick Robinson, the former Gap creative director, who is producing a new line, Paskho, with money he hopes to raise on Kickstarter. Among crowd-funding sites, Kickstarter is the largest, with more 30,000 projects financed and $300 million… Read More

February 12, 2013 @ 10:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

SeedInvest co-founders Ryan Feit and James Han always knew they wanted to start a business, even as they both found themselves working in New York private equity firms. That entrepreneurial drive took them back to Wharton to pursue their MBAs. While at Wharton, Feit read… Read More

November 9, 2012 @ 11:14 am By Charles Luzar  |  

NEW YORK—In response to increased borrower and accredited investor demand on the east coast, SoMoLend, a debt-based crowdfunding platform headquartered in Cincinnati, has expanded to a second location in New York City. The expansion comes on the heels of receiving funding from NYC Seed, as… Read More

November 5, 2012 @ 8:15 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

  It is becoming clear that Hurricane Sandy has had an astonishing impact on the eastern seaboard of the US.  Dozens are dead.  New York officials estimate that up to 40,000 people were left homeless by the storm.  The FEMA trailers made famous in the… Read More