Startup 2010

Event

Event Date: May 20, 2010

Startup 2010 is a business plan competition and one-day event about entrepreneurship and digital business that will showcase 10 top startups competing for bragging rights, buzz, and a $100,000 prize. The conference is co-hosted by Silicon Alley Insider and New York University's Stern School of Business, with support from exclusive founding sponsor General Catalyst Partners.

If you attended last year, you know that the day was filled with insights from digital all-stars and business plan pitches from 10 aspiring startups, followed by tough questioning and feedback from a panel of judges. Thriving legal startup ArticleOne Partners won the grand prize -- and set a high bar for this year's participants.

Startup 2010's sessions will explore the intersection of mobile and content. With the arrival of the iPhone and the Android, will mobile finally fulfill its hype?

TICKETS on sale now! Get early-bird tickets for just $295. NYU Stern students get in free.

$100,000 Prize: Ten aspiring entrepreneurs will pitch their business plans in the hope of winning a $100,000 prize. The prize includes a $25,000 cash investment from General Catalyst Partners and $75,000 in goods and services ranging from:

* Up to 6 months of office space in NYC at TechSpace
* Legal services from Cooley, Godward, Kronish
* Opportunity to launch at DEMO
* Web hosting
* And much more

ATTENTION ENTREPRENEURS: Submit your business plans now! Applications are open today through April 5. [Note: While the conference will focus on mobile + content topics, applications can be for any type of digital business.]

Thanks to Angelsoft for hosting the application process.

Don't miss this annual forum for outstanding entrepreneurs and early-stage companies to meet VCs, investors, journalists, and other members of the East Coast startup community.

http://www.businessinsider.com/startup2010

We're Hiring!

FirstMark Capital is an early stage technology venture capital firm based in NYC. FirstMark launched in 2008 to invest behind visionary entrepreneurs who are creating new markets or disrupting old ones with a fresh approach. We take a partnership-driven, long-journey approach and have made our singular goal to ease the frictions for our entrepreneurs as they build large, impactful businesses.

Our current portfolio consists of over 40 companies, including market leaders such as SecondMarket, Pinterest, Knewton, Lot18, Lumosity, and Shopify to younger, emerging companies like Aereo, Tapad, Jirafe, LollyWollyDoodle, NewsCred, Meteor Entertainment and more. We have been fortunate to work with the incredible entrepreneurs at Riot Games (acquired by Tencent), Boomi (acquired by DELL), and SPADAC (acquired by GeoEye). Select historical investments include Duck Creek Technologies (Acquired by Accenture); Netgear (NASDAQ: NTGR); StubHub (Acquired by eBay); Netegrity (Acquired by CA); OutlookSoft (Acquired by SAP); and Navic Networks (Acquired by Microsoft).

Position: Director of Community, FirstMark Capital

Description: The Director of Community (DC) position is a newly created, pivotal position that sits at the intersection of our portfolio companies and the deep institutional relationships of the firm to create maximum impact amongst the portfolio.

Process: We are using TakeTheInterview as our preliminary assessment tool. This consists of a 10 minute video interview, along with submission of relevant links to your social media accounts and an online link to your resume. Click here or on the button below to be taken to the interview landing page. Note that signing up to TakeTheInterview does not automatically begin the interview. Please review the below responsbilities and qualifications before applying.

We plan on reviewing responses weekly and will begin scheduling in-person interviews on a rolling basis. Our goal is to narrow down an initial round of candidates prior to the holidays.

Responsibilities:

Driving our existing set of programming currently run by the partners (CEO Summit, Marketing Summit, CTO Roundtable, Office Hours, Vertical Dinner Series, and more) to the next level;

Establishing and managing our annual calendar of events and activities;

Building relationships throughout our portfolio companies to identify unique opportunities to share knowledge and foster opportunities to collaborate, recruit talent, share office space and more;

Re-freshing our social media and web site design to align with core mission, building a world class web presence;

Measuring the effectiveness of web and social media programs, and create a standardized reporting and analytics package;

Developing additional initiatives to support the NYC community;

Creating programs that foster peer-to-peer networking amongst our portfolio companies across specific functional areas;

Establishing differentiated internal tools and panels to help FirstMark and companies efficiently critique new product offerings.

In addition to the above, the DC is expected to be a participant in and contributor to all existing and new investment related discussions.

The role is a pre-MBA role with a minimum two year commitment. The successful candidate will most likely choose to join a portfolio company or another venture firm, pursue a graduate degree, or potentially start his or her own company following completion of the role. This is a unique opportunity to learn from the triumphs and pitfalls of some of the best entrepreneurs prior to continuing with one's endeavors. We are open to evolution and/or extension of the role depending on performance and success.

Qualifications:

Digital native (curious and delighted by new web and technology based products and services)

Smart, outgoing and a self-starter who can establish himself/herself as a credible leader of events and programs

Active member of the entrepreneurial community in NYC

Knowledgeable of and experienced in the leading edge of technologies and business models, ideally with 2-3 years of relevant work experience but recent graduates also welcome to apply

Organized, good task manager with a "GSD" attitude

Technical (not required)