Startup Chatter by Donna Bogatin

 Silicon Valley is the singular Michael Arrington hype cause that remains constant; No surprise, as TechCrunch’s current fortunes are dependent upon spurring a Valley rules tech mentality.

Nevertheless, New York’s Silicon Alley–of if you can make it here you can make it anywhere fame–is a mighty Big Apple tech startup destination of choice and the capital of the world has always been the preferred home for hard working innovators from all over the planet seeking to “build their dreams,” as the NYC world renowned Statue of Liberty attests to.

Arrington started up the West Coast TechCrunch three years ago. I am a native New Yorker and have been championing East Coast technology entrepreneurship for the past eleven years, from the heart of Manhattan.

I created the first Internet for Entrepreneurs workshop in New York City in 1997, on behalf of the SCORE service of the Small Business Administration and instructed metro area Fortune 500 execs on Internet strategy as Adjunct Professor of Information Systems for the NYU Stern MBA program, my alma matter.

I am also a former international investment banker and Silicon Alley Internet entrepreneur for my own account, the Founder & CEO of UrbanSavings.com, one of the first Web-based directional media plays providing local merchants a cost-effective, trackable online way to drive new and repeat business to their offline operations.

I am now fueling the New York technology startup culture via my Silicon Alley startup for Silicon Alley startups: StartupAlpha.com. With a Web economy increasingly driven by media services and advertising dollars and a financial services industry needing ever more sophisticated IT solutions, Silicon Alley will shine ever brighter as the premier tech startup city: New York, NewYork, the MEDIA and FINANCIAL Capital of the World!

Alan Meckler, Chairman & CEO of Jupitermedia, is the original Silicon Alley pioneer and I am honored to welcome him as special keynote for the StartupAlpha.com summer extravaganza Pitch Meet & Tech Connections Party August 12.

Chairman Meckler will share real-world startup tips on how to craft winning elevator pitches for new technology ventures and then Silicon Alley startups will take the stage to present their own elevator pitches and get a shot at winning the million dollar startup lottery.

RSVP NOW, for Silicon Alley!

GOT A STARTUP? MAKE YOUR SILICON ALLEY PITCH AUGUST 12, COURTSEY OF STARTUPALPHA.COM  

ALSO, POST YOUR STARTUP PITCH ONLINE, NOW!