1st Anniversary [The Rise of .NYC ] Tech scene of NY on .NYC - Cases Spotlight!

Everything you wanted to know about .nyc domain and more. We are closing on 1st year of .NYC launch. Lets celebrate and welcome it with a bang

We will have speakers, cases, complimentary food, drinks and swag and goodies for the attendees. Join us to discover the new tech scene of NY being build on .nyc

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Made in NY fashion.nyc opening reception photo

(With Mayor DeBlasio, his wife and fashion tech leaders ).

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Results are in, New Yorkers have embraced .nyc and thousands of companies, start ups, real estate, retailers, non for profit and personal blogs have appeared what seems like over night.

Yet this is only the very start for .nyc and this event will give you what you need to know.

We have speakers,swag, food, drinks, come and join us!

Speakers:

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Ken Hansen - Former General Manager of .nyc

Ken has 20+ years of experience in start-up ventures and growing Internet, telecom and domain name businesses. He played key roles in two IPOs (Neustar, Inc. and Net2000), each with market caps in excess of $2B. Ken’s domain name industry experience spans the registry, registrar and the secondary market.

Ken led the business development efforts that led to Neustar’s entry into the registry business in 2002 (.BIZ); subsequent strategic partnership with CNNIC (.cn); and, the Department of Commerce selection of Neustar to operate and administer the .US.

Following the Neustar IPO he was a co-founder of a domain name registration, parking and auction service provider in Beijing, China. Ken lead Neustar’s new gTLD program, and was most recently the General Manager of the .nyc gTLD before becoming the CEO of co.com

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Natalie Raben - Director of Marketing and Communications at the Lower East Side Business Improvement District.

She is a seasoned veteran of marketing and will show how you can use .nyc to really make your brand stand out by using it strategically.

Here she oversees a variety of events on .nyc domain, such as: http://PickleDay.nyc and neighborhood-wide beautification initiatives, such as http://100GATES.nyc project and will share her insights and findings.

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Drew Moffitt - Serial Entrepreneur and current CEO of TailBus

Drew is a seasoned entrepreneur and proven growth hacker. He is a winner of start up battle in Alley NYC and brings insights of tech entrepreneur and serial start up founder into .nyc eco system and his predictions on a huge role it will play for tech field in a near new york future.

His companies have been featured in Business Insider, ABC, Buzzfeed, CNN and many more.

He is a true beliver in .nyc and how it will play a critical part for NYC start up ecosystem.

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We will review a year of what has happened with it, and some of the amazing projects that has been developed on it.

There are corporations such as (Ebay.nyc (http://www.ebay.nyc) )with its local new york presence, redefining landscape though .nyc

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There are conventions such as ( http://DroidCon.nyc ) - biggest nyc android convention.

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There are real estate firms such as ( http://ipg.nyc )and even retail stores with 39 years behind their belt such as (UltimateCollection.nyc (http://ultimatecollection.nyc) )that moved to .nyc from .com with amazing name re-brand.

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Through Start up Incubators such as http://loeb.nyc and bxl.nyc (http://bxl.nyc/)and start ups link.nyc (http://www.link.nyc/) there are just some of so many more stories in tech that are told through .nyc experience.

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SUNY a giant school of NY state ( suny.nyc (http://www.suny.nyc) ), MCNY university creative campaign with (WhatsYourPurpose.nyc (http://whatsyourpurpose.nyc)) and University arts centers such as laguardia performing art center ( Lpac.nyc ) (http://lpac.nyc)

There are Non for profit city initiatives such as http://foodhelp.nyc and dfe.nyc (http://dfe.nyc/)

There are fashion driven projects ( http://fashionmadeinny.nyc ) and Jewelry street shops and businesses (Enchanted.nyc) (https://www.enchanted.nyc/)

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And way way more, thousands of companies have launched their site on .nyc this year. Many more to come.

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This is a story of .nyc and how it is happening, it is waiting to be told. This is your chance to learn who, what and why of .nyc emerging legacy. Be a part of new york emerging trends.

We have speakers on how .nyc is changing business in new york plus we got deals on .nyc domains , if you have .nyc on go daddy you can save up to 20$ per domain by switching . And if you don't have any names yet, you can get one for 15 bucks. Save yourself some cash. We would like to thanks our sponsor HelloDotNyc.nyc (http://www.hellodotnyc.nyc) for Complimentary Drinks.

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