New York Tech Guide for Irish Startups

1. The Irish Tech Startup Guides A Guide to New York City ENSTITUTE

2. William McQuillan @willmcq Will Prendergast @wilp Shay Garvey @frontline Frontline Ventures is focused on the needs of the new wave of technology entrepreneurs in Europe. They invest in early stage software startups that have ambitions to become global companies.

3. ENSTITUTE Ethan Horne @ethanhorne Cody Beck @cobeck_ Kwame Henderson @kwamesworld Jasmine Gao @jgao Enstitute works to provide Millennials with the entrepreneurial skills, competencies, and professional networks they need to have successful careers in high-growth industries.

4. Table of Contents - Why NYC Tech? - Navigating the City - Neighborhood Breakdown - Venture Capital Firms - Key Irish People to Meet - The Important, Yet Boring Stuff *NYC pro tips sprinkled throughout

5. NYC Tech is HOT! New York City has a huge impact upon global commerce, ﬁnance, media, art, fashion, technology, sports and entertainment. Since 2009, venture capitalists have invested over $8 billion in New York- based startups in more than 1,200 deals. In 2013 alone, $2.6 billion was invested. NYC currently holds the #2 spot behind San Francisco for top tech cities in the US. NYC IT jobs have increased from 41,100 to 52,900 in the last 5 years making it the nation’s fastest growing tech sector

6. Startup Location Heat Map Less than 10 Between 10 and 100 Greater than 100

7. NYC Taxis $2.50 Base Fare Avg: $15-25 City Bike Unlimited 30 Min. Trips - $95+tax/year 24hr Pass: $9.95+tax 7-Day Pass: $25 + tax citibike Subway/Bus $2.50 Per Trip $112/30days Apps to Download Google Maps Embark NYC Uber Hailo JFK Airport LaGuardia Airport Newark Airport (NJ) $55 Flat Taxi fare to any Manhattan location Taxi: Metered fare (plus tolls) to any Manhattan location. $13 AirPorter from three Midtown locations: Penn Station, Grand Central or Port Authority Bus Metered fare (plus tolls) to any Manhattan location (est. $60-80) $13 Air Tran & New Jersey Transit to NY Penn Station $7.50 Air Tran and (A) Train Subway Getting In & Around the City

8. Travelers Pro Tips Most of NYC is a grid. Streets run east & west. Avenues run north & south Above 59th St - Central Park divides east & west. 59th St-34th St - Broadway divides east & west. Below 34th St - 5th Ave divides east & west. Financial District - no separation of east & west and navigating is a nowhere as easy. Must use a map. 24th 23rd 22nd 21st 20th 7th 6th

9. MidTown 30th St. - 55th St. (Areas included: Theater District, Hells Kitchen, Times Square, Garment District)

10. $3,100 Median 1-Bedroom per month Meet & Eat Startups Accelerators Incubators Housing Costs New Schools Co-Working MidTown Stout Paddy Casa Nonna Roastown Culture 5568 5568

11. Chelsea & Flatiron 14th St. - 29th St. (Areas included: Union Square, Flatiron, Gramercy, Rose Hill, Chelsea Market)

12. $3,550 Median 1-Bedroom per month (Flatiron) Meet & Eat Startups Accelerators Incubators $3,400 Median 1-Bedroom per month (Chelsea) Housing Costs New Schools Co-Working 404 NOT FOUND! Have a drink on us! Chelsea & Flatiron Grey Dog StumpTownBlue Bottle Coﬀee Birch Coﬀee Mollys

13. The Villages 13th St. - Houston St. (Areas included: West Village, Greenwich Village, East Village, NoHo, Meat Packing District)

14. 5568 $3,350 Median 1-Bedroom per month Meet & Eat Startups Accelerators Incubators Housing Costs New Schools Co-Working 404 NOT FOUND! Have a drink on us! 404 NOT FOUND! Have a drink on us! Sauce The Villages I am coﬀee MUD Third Rail Coﬀee SwiftMcSorley’s Old Ale House

15. SoHo Houston St - Canal St. (Areas included: Tribeca, Chinatown, Lower Eastside)

16. Meet & Eat Startups Accelerators Incubators $3,500 Median 1-Bedroom per month Housing Costs New Schools Co-Working 404 NOT FOUND! Have a drink on us! SoHo Milux Cafe Ground Support La Colombe Kaﬀe 1668

17. Talking the Talk “What’s the move for tonight?” (What are the plans or where is the fun? -‐ No craic involved) Houston St. in NYC is pronounced (how-‐ston) “You are a baller” Person with a lot of money or inﬂuence Vacation (USA) = Holiday (Ireland) Car Trunk (USA) = Boot (Ireland) “He/She was wasted!” Person was extremely full oﬀ an alcoholic beverage with actions that are a result of that alcohol “I’m too dope” (I just happened to be an amazing person. its a Nature >nurture situation)

18. Financial District (FiDi) South of Canal St. (Areas included: South Street Seaport, Battery Park, Financial District)

19. $3,235 Median 1-Bedroom per month Housing Costs New Schools Co-Working 404 NONE FOUND! Have a drink on us! ENSTITUTE Robusta Expresso Financial District Made Daily Fresh Murphy’s Harry’s Meet & Eat Startups Accelerators Incubators

20. Brooklyn (Areas included: DUMBO and Williamsburg)

21. Meet & Eat Startups Accelerators Incubators $3,100 Median 1-Bedroom per month Housing Costs New Schools Co-Working 404 NOT FOUND! Have a drink on us! Brooklyn Breukelen Coﬀee House Cafe Grumpy Blue Bottle Coﬀee Common Grounds

22. RED SWAN Early Stage VC Firms

23. Later Stage VC Firms

24. Marie-‐Claire Hoey Enterprise Ireland Steve Lenox William Fry/Lenox Consulting Niamh Hughes Shutterstock/Sandbox Feargall Kenny Glenborn Corporation Niamh Bushnell Kinnecions Jonathan Cloonan Ogilvy & Mather, WPP Mark Little Storyful/NewsCorp Tom Lowe NewsCred Trevor Madigan Vision Lab Key Irish People in NYC Tech Daire Hickey F.ounders/WebSummit Siobhán Hanley IDA Ireland Oisin Hanrahan Handybook

25. Tim Rogers Robot Corp/RehabStudio Shane Naughton Inundata/NewsWhip Key Irish People in NYC Tech (yes, the Irish are sort of taking over) Richard Wallace Vita Coco Patrick Murphy Goldman Sachs Stephen O’Regan Balcony TV Richard Nash Small Demons Cian McCourt A&L Goodbody Margaret Molloy Siegel+Gale Aisling Ryan Gibney, Anthony, & Flaherty Stephen Mullan IDA Ireland Stephen Smith Irish Central James O’Reilly Neuehouse

26. Visa Waiver Program ◦ Length of Stay - 90 days or less ◦ Purpose - business, tourism or transit ◦ Requirements - Irish citizenship (or citizenship of these 26 other countries), valid machine-readable passport (beer-soaked documents not accepted), and submission of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) application Non-‐Immigrant Visa ◦ Length of Stay - Greater than 90 days ◦ Purpose - temporary paid/unpaid employment ◦ Requirements - complete the DS-160 online visa application, book an appointment for your interview either by phone (01-903-6255) or online (must have completed the DS-160 beforehand), have necessary documents for the interview (valid passport, printout of the DS-160 conﬁrmation page and approved Form I-129 petition ﬁled by your US employer) Staying a While?

27. NY Digital Irish http://www.linkedin.com/groups/New-York-Digital-Irish-4751801/about Ireland Funds http://www.theirelandfunds.org/new-york Irish Consulate http://www.consulateoﬁrelandnewyork.org The Rise and Future of the New York Startup Ecosystem http://www.nickbeim.com/the-rise-and-future-of-the-new-york-startup- ecosystem-2/ Top 100 People in Tech in NYC http://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-alley-100-2013-2013-10?op=1 Full Guide to NYC Tech http://www.slideshare.net/schlaf/guide-to-nyc-tech NYC Startups and Jobs Map http://wearemadeinny.com/ Enterprise Ireland US Incubator http://americas.enterprise-ireland.com/incubation/ Additional Links & Information