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College entrepreneurship programs expand
By Kira Bindrim, Crain's New York Business.com, October 14th, 2009
Colleges have often provided fertile ground for innovation: Facebook was founded by Harvard classmates, Google by Ph.D. students and Napster by a freshman at Northeastern. Even FedEx was born of an economics term paper. With the job market lagging, success stories like these are boosting interest...
Incubator Offers Desk-Space to Startups
NY Convergence.com, October 14th, 2009
The TriBeCa-based incubator currently offers 27 "budding" new companies desk space, access to business seminars, mentoring services, networking opportunities, and the chance to meet angel investors and venture capitalists. More than 300 applied and the companies selected to participate include a...
How To Protect Investments From Cataclysmic 'Fat Tails'
By Gregg S. Fisher and Philip Z. Maymin, Forbes.com, October 14th, 2009
"And get the bits together, the fat tail, every good part." Ezekiel 24:4If you traveled back in time thousands of years to tell Abraham, Moses or Ezekiel that you had some fat tails, they would have been delighted. In ancient times, the fat tails of certain Middle Eastern sheep were considered a...
VC investment momentum continues in third quarter
By Dave Rosenberg, CNET, October 13th, 2009
NYU-Poly Editor's Note: ChubbyBrain is a startup company in NYU-Poly's 160 Varick Street incubator Things are getting better for entrepreneurs, according to data released Tuesday by information services provider Chubby Brain. Venture investment hit a multi-year low in the first quarter of...
Stable proteins may yield ’sweet’ biofuels
Futurity.org, October 13th, 2009
Scientists report they have developed a novel method of stabilizing proteins, including important enzymes used to produce certain artificial sweeteners and bioethanol. The research will also be useful for extending the lifetime of therapeutic proteins employed to diagnose illnesses. The team from...
Gotham Inc: Launching in NYC
By Maggie Overfelt, CNNMoney.com, October 13th, 2009
If our Best Places rankings were based on availability of muses, New York City, with its cultural diversity and dynamic arts scene, would probably take first place. Other highlights include its status as the world's financial services capital and its steady influx of ambitious, educated workers....
Nobel Research Tackles 'Too Big To Fail' Quandary
By Kathleen Madigan, Dow Jones Newswires, October 13th, 2009
The Nobel Prize for Economics to Oliver Williamson comes at an opportune time. His work examines the efficiency of large firms at a time when regulators are considering limits on how large financial institutions should get. Striking the balance between the benefits that large companies bring...
New York helps tomorrow's employers
By Claire Prentice, BBC NEWS, October 12th, 2009
Even on a grey Monday morning, the offices at 160 Varick Street, in the heart of Manhattan, are abuzz with creativity, energy and entrepreneurial spirit. This is clearly no ordinary place of work. The 12th floor open-plan office space, just off Broadway, is part of New York City's effort to kick-...
200 Student Sleuths Vie Tonight in NYU-Poly Cyber War Games
Reuters, October 9th, 2009
As midnight nears and with it the opening of cyber security games at Polytechnic Institute of New York University, more than 200 student applicants from throughout the globe have already signed up - double last year`s number. The goal of the various challenges of the 6th Annual Cyber Security...
Breakthrough Research Speeds and Secures Internet Voice Traffic
PRNewswire, October 8th, 2009
Cisco is joining with the Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications and Distributed Information Systems (CATT) at Polytechnic Institute of New York University to commercialize breakthrough security technology developed by scientists at Columbia University and Verizon Laboratories. The...
