Tech Founders NYC

After some hemming and hawing, we have decided to move this group to Meetup. If you are a computer programmer, please join us by signing up at http://www.meetup.com/Tech-Founders-NYC/.

We have decided to make the meetup for programmers only; we feel that this is the best way to keep startup programmers engaged in the process, and in the long term will be the best thing for the local startup scene. If you are an entrepreneur who would like to pitch, as always you can fill out our application form.

Tech Founders NYC is back for the fall. Join your fellow techies in evaluating pitches from some of the best early-stage companies in town.

• Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010
  
• Time: Doors open at 6:30, presentations start at 7:00 p.m.
  
• Location: AOL, 770 Broadway (entrance on 9th St.), 6th Floor

Speakers:

Claire Chambers, Journelle

With three physical stores and four more planned for 2011, Journelle is well-positioned as the top newcomer in the multi-billion dollar retail lingerie space. The company is looking for a tech leader to help re-fashion Journelle.com into a sales channel that’s as innovative, customer-driven and content-rich as the brick-and-mortar stores.

Jay Orfield, RightFrame

RightFrame is making custom, green home design easy for builders / homebuyers via a web-based customizer that allows them to visualize the home before construction.

Campbell McKellar, Loosecubes

Loosecubes, an online marketplace for shared workspace, is seeking a technical partner to make our product vision a reality and change the way people work.

Matthew Kochman, M.E.S.S. Express

M.E.S.S. Express leverages local taxi infrastructure, prepaid taxi accounts, and an SMS payment platform to change the way college students think about safe transportation.

Registration

Registration is free for programmers: Please click here to register.

I know, I know: It’s been more than two months since the last post here. But after an extended summer vacation, we are coming back with a new event, on Thursday, October 21. So watch this space for an announcement of speakers, coming soon.

As always, we are always interested in hearing from early-stage startups who are looking to find a technical co-founder. If you are one of those startups, please check out our About page.

Another of our June presenters has found its lead techie. Congrats to Gracious Eloise and its new Director of Engineering, Rebecca Miller-Webster. This means that in the six weeks since our first meeting, three out of our five presenters have hired their lead techie from the people in the room that night.

Congratulations to Birchbox, which won the audience vote for Best Pitch in Tuesday’s meeting. Birchbox offers an innovative way for cosmetics consumers to sample and buy cosmetic samples, and our crowd of tech founders was impressed by how much work they had been able to accomplish in validating the concept. We’re looking forward to seeing how Birchbox and our other three presenters do in the future.

We’re happy to announce that Simple.PR now has a new CTO, thanks to meeting at our first Tech Founders NYC meeting. Congrats to Eric Lubow, and to everyone else at Simple.PR. Since Catchafire found its lead techie a few weeks back, that means we’re batting .400 after one month.

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur who is looking for technical co-founders, read our About page to learn more about our process.

• Date: Thursday July 22, 2010
  
• Time: 6:30- 8:30pm
  
• Location: AOL, 770 Broadway (entrance on 9th St.), 6th Floor

With Pitches by:

• David Tisch, PlayAlong
• Lisa Halpern, Kiboo
• David Teten, Alphacub
• Hayley Barna, Birchbox

Programmers, potential CTOs, and observing entrepreneurs: RSVP here.

Less than two weeks after our first meetup, we are proud to announce that one of our presenters, Catchafire, has found its CTO. Congratulations to Andrew Lin, and to the rest of Catchafire. And, if you feel like congratulating them in person, Catchafire is having a kickoff party this Monday.

Jake and I are beginning our review process for the next Tech Founders NYC meeting. If you are an early-stage entrepreneur who is looking for a technical co-founders, please read our About page to learn more about our process.

The Inaugural Tech Founders NYC meeting went off with success on the 15th. Eloise Bune D'Agostino of Gracious Eloise and Ed Kim of Simple.PR tied in the voting for Best Pitch by our audience.

We are actively planning the next event and will update everyone as soon as we have a date. Please apply to pitch, or join our google group, and we will update you as soon as we have the details.

• Date: Tuesday June 15, 2010
  
• Time: 6:30- 8:30pm
  
• Location: AOL, 770 Broadway (entrance on 9th St.), 6th Floor

With pitches by:

• Rachael Chong, Catchafire
• Josh Weinstein, GoodCrush
• Eloise Bune D'Agostino, Gracious Eloise
• Ed Kim, Simple.PR
• Aaron Price, makeMania

Programmers, potential CTOs, and observing entrepreneurs: RSVP here.