Hello NYEBN Community Members,

 

 

 

I hope everybody has an enjoyable Independence Day week- just don’t forget that the day immediately following the welcome mid-week break from work is our next roundtable event! If you don’t get your fill of hot dogs and burgers on the 4th, make sure you come by for our cold beer, and exclusive insights on how to unlock the full potential of Kickstarter and other microfinance platforms from our guest panel for the Startup Roundtable 14 on July 5th. The Early Bird price for this event ends in less than 24 hours. Sign up @ Meetup or Eventbrite.

 

The July 5th event is sponsored by CPX Interactive. CPX Interactive has developed an incubator initiative to support the advertising technology space. CPX will review start-ups in the sector that are in need of early funding and overhead support and infuse the selected companies with capital and resources to help clear typical early stage hurdles, including: core employee salaries, sales and marketing efforts, ad serving execution, creative development, technology needs and more. Submitting your application to be considered is free. Make sure you support their initiative by filling out the application form today @ http://www.cpxinterac.... For any questions, just leave them a note here.

 

 

 

Exciting Updates Regarding The Expo:

Apart from the approaching Roundtable, we at NYEBN have been hard at work organizing this fall’s Expo as well. This week, we are thrilled to announce the launch of the new exhibitor page on the expo site as well as introduce five new mentors to the expo program.

 


New Exhibitor Page

 

The new exhibitor page shows you which booths have been sold and become unavailable. For those of you that are interested in exhibiting at NY Business Expo 2012, this graph shows a clear picture of the uncharted territories for the expo show floor. Don't wait until the last minute. Book your booth today and enjoy the saving! Please note, we will update this graph in a few days because we have many booths that are still pending. This current show floor graph does not reflect any of those pending booths.

 

To get a booth for your company, go to http://nybusinessexpo... and scroll down to fill out the application form. Believe it or not, exhibiting at the NY Business Expo should be the best ROI your company will ever get compared to other similar trade shows. NY Business Expo 2012 is the largest B2B trade show on the east coast, and it has the best program for entrepreneurs and small business owners. By browsing through different sections on our website, you will discover its superiority!

 

 

Small Business Classroom Sessions (Almost Sold Out Already?)

 

For some Small Business Classroom sessions, the tickets are sold faster than we could expect. We may close the registration for certain workshops early. Check out the Small Business Classroom page to discover specific workshops that may appeal to your interests. To guarantee your admission to any of the 32 sessions that we will be putting on for the expo, the best way is to purchase the one-for-all admission ticket for only $100. Click here to learn more.

 

 

Announcing Five New Startup Central Mentors

 

John Biggs (website) - John lives in Brooklyn, NY and writes about technology, security, gadget, gear, wristwatches, and the Internet. After spending four years as an IT programmer, he switched gears and became a full-time journalist. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Laptop, PC Upgrade, Surge, Gizmodo, Men’s Health, InSync, Linux Journal, Popular Science, InSync. He has also written a book called Black Hat: Misfits, Criminals, and Scammers in the Internet Age. He is currently the Gadgets Editor of TechCrunch and he also supervises the BWL family of blogs, SlushPile.net, WristWatchReview.com, and MacMiniGear.com.


Leonora Valvo (website) - Leonora has successfully built multiple businesses in the travel and event management industry over the past 25 years. Her latest venture, etouches, is a software company that offers an innovative event management platform designed from her unique viewpoint for event and marketing professionals. Serving as CEO of etouches, Leonora oversees a global staff with offices in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.Leonora’s event management solution has emerged as a leader in the event technology space with over 500 customers including Amway, Volkswagen Audi Group, Dell Computers, The Financial Times, Mastercard, American Institute of Graphic Artists, National Public Radio, Access Intelligence, Diversified Communications and Coca-Cola.

Weston Gaddy (website) - Weston Gaddy joined Bain Capital Ventures in New York in 2009 to invest in early-stage digital media, big data and ecommerce companies.Prior to joining Bain Capital Ventures, Weston worked as a strategy consultant for media, financial service, and consumer product clients at Bain & Company in New York. He also founded Frogmetrics, a hand-held survey device company, and was an early team member at WisdomTree Funds. Weston received a BS in Economics, cum laude, with concentrations in Finance and Management from The Wharton School and a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania.

Jordan Bettman (website) - Jordan Bettman joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2008 to invest in data services, marketing services, financial services and technology, and digital media companies. Prior to joining Bain Capital Ventures, Jordan worked as a strategy consultant for media and financial service clients at Bain & Company in New York. Jordan received a BS in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.


Mark Wachen (website) - Mark Wachen is the Managing Director of DreamIt NYC. He oversees DreamIt Ventures' (www.dreamitventures.com) New York accelerator program which started in Summer 2011. Wachen is also the Managing Director and Founder of Upstage Ventures, a firm that advises and invests in consumer internet and interactive marketing companies. Wachen is a Board member of Optify and OrderGroove, and has worked with a variety of other companies including ChaiLabs (acquired by Facebook), YouNow, SeatGeek, Thumb, GameChanger, STELLAService, CatchAFire, and RJMetrics.



 

Want to catch up with any of these mentors? Check out their shift schedule here @ http://nybusinessexpo.... Startup Central is free for entrepreneurs that pre-register for our expo program.

 


The addition of such accomplished self-made successes to our team of mentors, paired with the unveiling of our new Exhibitor page is only further building up the anticipation for the 2012 NY Business Expo. We hope this update has helped share our excitement and look forward to seeing the interested attendees of the Startup Roundtable 14 this Thursday!

 

 

 

Upcoming NYEBN Event:

 

July 5: Startup Roundtable 14 - Mastering the Kickstarter Game (Panel)


When: Thursday, July 5, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (ET)


Where:
Columbia University: Uris Hall, Room 301
3022 Broadway at 117th Street
New York, NY 10027

Startup Roundtable 14 invites five successful Kickstarter campaign owners to share their stories on how to be successful at raising money on Kickstarter (or any similar platform for that matter). Cold beer will be served.


Panel:

• Stefan Loble (Kickstarter Project - $128,722) - Founder @ Bluff Works
  
• Bill May (Kickstarter Project - $96,559) - Founder @ Limb.al
  
• Albert Chao (Kickstarter Project - $144,592) - Collaborator and Industrial Designer
  
• TJ Lutz (Kickstarter Project - $23,582) - Co-Founder of Pwnee Studios
  
• Mariquel Waingarten (Kickstarter Project - $159,167) - Co-Founder of HICKIES
  
• Andrew Wong - Organizer @ NYEBN (panel moderator)
  

 

Registration: Sign up @ Meetup or Eventbrite

 

Admission:

• Early Bird - $15 (ending at 6 PM on July 3)
  
• General Admission - $25
  
• Walk-in - $35
  

 

 

Event Sponsor: CPX Interactive


We are proud to have such an impressive panel of guests, thanks to our sponsor for Thursday's event - CPX Interactive. CPX Interactive is a digital advertising company which has developed an incubator initiative to support the advertising technology space. CPX will review start-ups in the sector that are in need of early funding and overhead support and infuse the selected companies with capital and resources to help clear typical early stage hurdles, including: core employee salaries, sales and marketing efforts, ad serving execution, creative development, technology needs and more.


CPX will consider business plans primarily focused on advertising technology, with a specific eye toward those that could most benefit from a close relationship with CPX’s global distribution engine. Initial conversations between CPX and selected entrepreneurs will address specifics such as ownership percentages of any newly formed limited liability corporations (LLC), salaries for staff and allocation of CPX resources.

 

To submit your free application to be considered, fill out this form @ http://www.cpxinterac....

 

 

 

Important Expo Links

 

• Vendor Application - http://nybusinessexpo...
  
• Small Business Classroom Sessions - http://nybusinessexpo...
  
• Expo Registration - http://nybusinessexpo...
  
• Speaker Application - http://nybusinessexpo...
  
• Mentor Application - http://nybusinessexpo...
  
• Partner Application - http://nybusinessexpo...
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

- NYEBN Team