The document summarizes the growth of the New York tech scene from 2005 to the present. Key points include:
1) Access to capital for startups has increased as anchor tech companies like Google and Facebook have raised hundreds of millions and stayed in NYC.
2) Development has been aided by cloud services like AWS and APIs from companies like Twilio and Stripe.
3) NYC is well-suited for end-user application startups because of its large consumer base.
4) Public initiatives like the NY Tech Campus have supported growth. Emerging areas include jobs platforms, adtech, education, and publishing platforms.
5) E-commerce startups focused on areas like flash sales
22. Design Oriented E-
Commerce
Started by Jason Goldberg, former CEO of
SocialMedian, acquired by Xing
Started as a social network for`gay people (mother of all pivots)
Design focused flash sales
Optimizing all acquisition channels : social, mobile
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23. Unbelievable metrics
Launched 9 months ago
1M products sold to date
3M members
Acquired german clone : Casacanda
40% of its traffic : mobile logins
50% of its traffic coming from Facebook : Social
Commerce at its best
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25. Thanks!
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Twitter : @ilan
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Credits go to Fred Wilson, Elad Gil for their articles on
the NY Tech Scene in the past years
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