The Gender Issue

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Jalak Jobanputra
Senior Vice President
New York City Investment Fund

Jalak Jobanputra is Senior Vice President at the New York City Investment Fund and manages the Fund’s investments in the information technology, media and cleantech sectors. Prior to joining the Fund, Jalak was a Principal at New Venture Partners, a $300M early stage venture fund where she was a director of Procelerate Technologies and Real Time Content. Previously, Ms. Jobanputra worked at Intel Capital where she led and managed strategic investments in software,

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VC and Social Media

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Union Square Ventures is hiring – at the least for the next half-hour now. Famous for finger-on-the-pulse technology and internet investments, they are also famous for their winning philosophies, an open and direct rhetoric, and seem to relish in the ability to innovate publicly. In their new positions they do not sway from their course. The General Manager role is a dynamic communicator and integrator, while he/she, will join the analyst role in submitting testaments of web presence and LinkedIn for

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Be a part of the startup boom in NYC: Exclusive GIT member discount to TechCrunch Disrupt

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Fred Wilson, VC and principal of Union Square Ventures (the investment firm most famous for backing notable companies like FourSquare, Twitter, and Etsy), has long argued that the New York tech startup scene is booming.

Chris Dixon, the co-founder of Hunch and personal investor in early-stage technology companies, has the same feeling.

We couldn’t agree more.

To witness – or participate – in the New York tech scene’s rich history in the making, we suggest you check out an upcoming NYC

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Startup 2010 Competition: Startups duke it out

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Though it may seem to be a particularly rough time to start a business, many experts say a recession is the best time to get going on that entrepreneurial venture.

So I love the idea of Silicon Alley Insider’s Startup 2010 Competition (in conjunction with New York University’s Stern School of Business and sponsored by General Catalyst Partners).

It’s a one-day business plan cage match in which 10 top entrepreneurial, digital startups compete for a whole heckuva lot buzz – and $100,000. The

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Tech to Educate Session #1

Thanks to Theresa Lee for writing up our first Tech to Educate Session, which was held at The Hive at 55 last week. The second session is today (April 12) and will continue on Tuesdays, with the exception of today.

Last week was GITnyc’s first Tech to Educate session and it was such a success! Huge thank yous to Amy Vernon, Dawn C. Hayes, Vanessa Hurst, Hans Zaunere and Daria Siegel. You were amazing!

Because Tech to Educate has a crowd-sourced curriculum, the

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Tech To Educate

Girls in Tech NYC is excited to announce a Programming & Tech Initiative that listens and celebrates women who educate themselves via technology as well as the vast community who would like to join and support their unique learning styles. Check out the blog: Community Education and Programming Initiatives

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You Must RSVP – Seats limited to 40.

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Tech to Educate occurs every week on Tuesday starting the April the 6th at 6:30PM.

April 6th: General Q&A, Special Topics announced soon.

Hosts on the 6th include:

Dawn

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