INTRODUCTION & Q1 SUMMARY When it comes to NYC’s startup ecosystem which has over 9,000 companies and an estimated value of over $71 billion, the first quarter of the year was characterized by the Wall Street Journal as having gone… Read More ›
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The State of NYC’s Digital Economy in Q2 2021: Universities
INTRODUCTION & Q1 SUMMARY The first quarter of 2021 saw NYU’s Entrepreneurial Institute begin its new Technology Venture Program, intended to launch the next generation of NYU technology based ventures. This effort sought to build upon a foundation that over the years… Read More ›
The State of NYC’s Digital Economy in Q1 2021
INTRODUCTION In taking a look at the state of NYC’s digital economy covering the first quarter of 2021, the area that looms largest is not surprisingly the devastating effect the pandemic has had on the larger economy. Positive news and… Read More ›
Increased Government Scrutiny of Large Tech Companies Increases at Both Federal and State Levels and Internationally
The anti-trust action brought by the U.S. Department of Justice during October of last year was not the first time federal regulators considered taking action against Google. Newly revealed documents from a 2011-2013 Federal Trade Investigation revealed by Politico also… Read More ›
New Legislative Appointments Affecting Tech & NYC Small Business Relief in 1st Quarter 2021
SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF In what would be a major overhaul to the over 180 laws affecting NYC small businesses, the New York City Council announced a hearing held by the Small Business Committee on March 1, on two bills that would “provide… Read More ›
NYU Tandon Professor Contributes to Innovative Model of ‘Onboarding’ AI into the Workplace
In a report published in the July-August 2020 edition of the Harvard Business Review entitled, “A Better Way to Onboard AI,” NYU Tandon School of Engineering Associate Professor of Technology Management and Innovation, Anne-Laure Fayard sets forth an innovative model… Read More ›
7 Months into Pandemic, Over 100,000 NYC Students are Still without Internet Access
On November 2, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer issued a letter to Mayor de Blasio and the city’s Education Department Chancellor, setting forth proposals in light of the over 100,000 students without internet access and 77,000 still lacking Wi-Fi enabled devices,… Read More ›
A New Model of Worker Classification Emerges from California’s Proposition 22 as the Direction of the Gig Economy is Fought Over Intensely
On election day, ballot measure Proposition 22, backed by App-based driver and delivery companies Ubder, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and Postmates passed in California, creating an exemption from labor legislation passed last year that required them to classify drivers as employees… Read More ›
Semiconductor News Roundup (Oct. 23, 2020)
HUAWEI BEGINS TO FACE DIFFICULTIES DUE TO U.S. CHIP BAN Huawei released its business results today, for the first three quarters of the year reporting a 9.9% increase in revenue over the same period last year. However, it noted that its “global… Read More ›
The Partnership for New York City Releases Health Plan that Heavily Utilizes Data-Driven Approach
Yesterday, the Partnership for New York City, the entity typically seen as the leading voice of the city’s business community released a health care plan entitled, “Towards a Resilient System of Health,” that seeks a coordinated and multi-sector approach that… Read More ›
