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Sign up for NYC Geo/Mobile Hack Day

jpmarcum — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:07:56 +0000

NYC Geo/Mobile Hack Day is a two day event taking place on September 11-12 at Dogpatch Labs NYC where start ups and developers come together to discuss the current landscape of location based technologies. The startups will also share their ideas for the businesses and applications that can be built on top of the frameworks they are creating. At the end of the hack day developers can submit their creations for the chance to win $1,000!

Presenting Startups:

A quick rundown on how it will work:

Saturday September 11, 9 AM
After breakfast we’ll have each startup present their APIs to the developers. Each startup will have 5 minutes to show off/explain the API and 2 minutes for questions. After lunch developers will spend the rest of Saturday brainstorming and building.

Sunday September 12, 9 AM
Developers will continue to hack. At the end of the day they will present their apps to the other developers.

WINNERS
A panel of 5 judges will vote to select the top four apps. Top apps will be selected according the the following criteria:

Most Creative
Most Complete
Broadest Potential Reach
Most Useful

The top four applications will then have 2 weeks to be polished and will then present again at the Mobile Mondays event on September 27th. The attendees of the Mobile Mondays event will select the winner of the grand prize of $1,000.

We bring you APIs food, drinks, schwag and internet. You bring your laptop, hacking skills and creativity.

Space is limited so register today (http://bit.ly/9WQPUa)! Please refer to the event website (http://bit.ly/9ZD6Vi) or email hackday@texting.ly if you have any questions.

The event will be sponsored by Pepsi and Textingly.

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OFFICIAL SCHEDULE

Saturday September 11:

9am -10am: Breakfast

10am – 12pm: Start up API Presentations/Discussion

12pm – 1pm: Lunch break

1pm – 3pm: Brainstorming Idea/Team registration

3pm – 6pm: Start hacking

6pm – 7pm: Dinner break

7pm – 9pm: More hacking

Sunday September 12:

9am – 10am: Breakfast

10am – 12pm: Morning hack session

12pm – 1pm: Lunch break

1pm – 5pm: Finish up hacking/register apps

5pm: Hackers Demo apps

Handful of Dogpatch Labs Company Updates

Ryan — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:12:25 +0000

A handful of various updates from Dogpatch Labs companies across our three locations: Boston, New York and San Francisco. This is by no means a complete list – but it is includes links from TechCrunch articles within the last week:

YCombinator Demo Day Includes Dogpatch-ers

- Congratulations to the 36 companies that launched at the most recent YCombinator Demo Day. Three of the companies are of Dogpatch Labs: FanVibe, Rapportive and one that is ‘off the record’

Zozi Funding

- Local-Activity Site Zozi Lands $3 Million Series A From 500 Startups And Zig Capital

WiseStamp Launches Its Platform

- WiseStamp Signs Your Emails With Tweets, Stumbles And Plans

Welcoming Four New Companies to Dogpatch NYC

Ryan — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:21:33 +0000

Every few months a new group of companies come to build their businesses inside Dogpatch Labs. The good news is that the rotation of of companies in and out of all three Dogpatch Labs locations injects new people, companies and energy into Dogpatch. The bad news is that we have to say goodbye to people who have become friends all if whom will hopefully remain part of the Dogpatch community.

You can see the entire roster of all the companies currently in the three Dogpatch Labs locations in New York, San Fransicso and Cambridge.

I am excited to introduce the 4 new companies that moved in over the past few weeks:

Food52 is building the world’s most passionate food community.

Provides social media analytics for advertisers and agencies from content to social platform accounts to buzz tracking.

Spinback is a solution for online retailers that drives traffic and new sales from the social web by driving consumer product sharing.

STELLAService comprehensively evaluates and rates online businesses to highlight the best in customer service.

CNN Visits Dogpatch Labs New York

Ryan — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:15:54 +0000

As Internet Week New York kicks off next week, CNN visited Dogpatch Labs New York to understand how New York’s growing tech scene compares to Silicon Valley’s.

For the piece (“The next Silicon Valley? It may be New York“), CNN spoke to several of the Dogpatch Labs residents and Polaris partner Peter Flint about New York entrepreneurship, networking and culture. While opinions varied (see the video below), it is clear that:

1. The New York tech scene is growing rapidly, and
2. It has its own unique culture and community

As Peter Flint says in the below video, “I don’t know if New York will ever become Silicon Valley. In some ways, do you want it to become Silicon Valley? The culture here is very different than the culture there.”

With Dogpatch Labs hosting entrepreneurs in New York, Cambridge and San Francisco – we are excited to take part in each of the communities and hopefully add to the unique cultures.

You can watch the video on CNN.com:

The WSJ Covers Dogpatch: “Entrepreneurs Find New Way to Grow”

jonsteinberg — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:49:42 +0000

From the article:
Since 2008, Polaris Venture Partners, a Waltham, Mass., venture-capital company, has opened incubators, called Dogpatch Labs, in Waltham, New York and San Francisco.

Another benefit of incubators is that their tenants can exchange ideas and advice with other budding entrepreneurs. “If you need help with something, like understanding how to advertise on Facebook, you can go to others in your space,” says David Ambrose, whose start-up, Scoop St., an online collective-buying service, moved into Dogpatch Labs’ New York incubator in January.

Mr. Ambrose’s company must move out by June, as residency there is limited to six months. The incubator currently provides 15 start-ups with as many as five desks per company, Wi-Fi access, conference space and snacks.

Congrats to AssuredLabor!

jonplim — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:14:07 +0000

Our friends at AssuredLabor, a co-located Dogpatch Labs Cambridge and Dogpatch Labs NY resident, announced today they have raised $1 million in seed funding. We’re very excited for the team!

Co-founder and CEO David Reich discussed the investor group in this Xconomy article: “Michael van Swaaij was the CEO of Skype and the Chief Strategy Officer at eBay during a period of tremendous growth. Nexus Venture Partners is one of the top venture funds operating in India and will be instrumental when we move in that direction. Also, Fabrice Grinda has built one of the largest marketplaces in the world with OLX.com and Jose Marin was one of the founders of DeRemate (a digital marketplace in Latin America which was sold to MercadoLibre).”

Congrats David and Sidd!

Jibe Hiring VP of Technology

jonsteinberg — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:11:33 +0000

Jibe is hiring a VP of Technology. The job is based in New York and a great opportunity to work with leading social technologies as the fourth employee of a great startup. Click through for more details.

COMPANY JIBE - http://www.jibe.com

POSITION Vice President of Technology

LOCATION New York, New York

WEBSITE www.jibe.com

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

JIBE created the first “Employment Networking Platform” that opens up the social graph of both employers and job seekers to identify the most trusted & qualified candidates.

Designed to bring the power of social networking to online career search, JIBE integrates Facebook and Linkedin to enable employers and applicants to leverage the overlap of their social graphs. From previous co-workers to friends who work with a specific company, JIBE recognizes matches between these two networks as they apply to a job opportunity.

JIBE empowers employers to efficiently search and evaluate relevant candidates that are connected to other employees in their company. By creating a referral-based recruitment process it helps ensure a more satisfied employer and new employee. JIBE’s “employment networking platform” gives applicants benefits that no other job site provides, including the relevancy of job postings to their social connections and real-time status updates about their applications. This level of transparency and feedback gives job seekers the insight needed to get hired for the job they want.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

You will report to the CEO

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Your responsibilities will include:

Recruit, support, train, mentor, motivate and lead a best of breed technology team;
Identify, architect, develop, implement and maintain technology solutions to meet the company’s strategic business objectives;
Implement a flexible and scalable infrastructure to support a dynamic product roadmap and prioritize deliverables;
Implement process and procedures in software development and hardware management that speed the company’s time to market for new products;
Clearly communicate progress and hurdles you and your team face allowing senior management to make data driven decisions
Manage schedules, budgets and staffing for multiple simultaneous projects;

TECHNICAL & MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience building and leading a highly motivated technical team, in a dynamic product development environment.
In depth knowledge of Ruby, MySql, graphing databases and search solutions;
Extensive knowledge building and managing a scalable web infrastructure;
Experience managing consumer facing web applications and products with substantial traffic volumes and large surges;
Extensive knowledge in build/release engineering and change management;
Experience with iterative product development processes;

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS & EXPERIENCE:

The ideal candidate has the following characteristics:

Business minded engineering executive, with the ability to partner with the Chief Executive Officer and executive team;
Superior management skills with the ability to create innovative systems that serve the organization’s revenue and business objectives;
Creative problem solver with a “can do” attitude, a passion for the intersection of media and technology and an enthusiasm for bringing innovative technology products to market;
A business partner to the senior executive team;
Lateral thinker with the ability to articulate a strategic decision, give clear direction to technology team and lead by example/inspiration;
A technical innovator who can amplify product direction with sound advice and creative solutions;
Willing and able to roll up his/her sleeves and be ‘hands on’ in the process of building and directing the technology organization;
An excellent communicator with the ability to work effectively at all levels within the organization;
Impeccable attention to detail and planning along with a process-driven approach towards achieving objectives.

EDUCATION

An undergraduate degree in Computer Science or equivalent is required. An advanced degree is preferred.

COMPENSATION

A competitive compensation package will be offered to the successful candidate. The compensation package will include a base, bonus and equity.

Send cover letter, resume, and work samples to:

Hacker@jibe.com

Apply to join Dogpatch NY this Spring/Summer

jonsteinberg — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:12:30 +0000

We’ll have about 10 desks opening on a rolling basis over the next 3 months. We’re looking for great teams of 1 to 4 people to join us for up to 6 months of sponsored (“free”) occupancy. Please fill out the info below, and we’ll contact you if we think there is a fit in the next few weeks. We are looking for individuals to join us working in consumer Internet, Internet infrastructure, cloud computing, life sciences and related fields.

We’ll be reviewing applications and inviting teams in for interviews on a rolling basis.

Please fill out the application below HERE.

Sidewalk Collective

jonsteinberg — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:22:37 +0000

New York Dogpatchers, Scoop St. and Postling are hosting a forum for small businesses on April 26th. If you’re interested, register here. The organizer’s describe the event as follows:
A place for local businesses to gather and discuss their experiences with social media. Bring your social media stories, questions, and successes to this open forum for local businesses. Chat with neighbors. Get advice. Grow your business!

So register and come by the NY lab on April 26!

Congrats to Postling!

jonsteinberg — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:17:35 +0000

Our friends at Postling, a Dogpatch Labs NY resident announced their funding today. We’re thrilled for the team!

Quoting Paidcontent: “Postling, a New York-based startup co-founded by David Lifson (CEO), Chris Maguire (VP of Engineering) and Haim Schoppik (CTO) — all ex-Etsy folks — has raised $350,000 in seed funding from angel investors including Dave McClure, Chris Yeh, Gary Vaynerchuk and Thomas McInereny.”

Here’s the coverage on Venturehacks, as well. The company has grown in its short time here, and we look forward to continued good times and chef-quality meals from the team.