The Return of Startup Weekend NYC

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Girls in Tech is pleased to announce that Startup Weekend NYC is back!

The weekend of June 11th (the end of Internet week, also known as next weekend), get together with local developers, marketers, designers, and aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch ideas, form teams and actually launch new business ventures over the weekend.

Sound intense? It is! By Sunday evening you’ll leave with a full stomach, have had little to no sleep, done a lot of great networking — and you’ll have seen the

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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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