Although he does come off a little over excited in this recent post, Nate Westheimer probably deserves to be, as he seems one busy guy. Nate organized the original NY Tech Meetup and seems to be involved in all sorts of new media ventures himself. He has an interesting analysis of what he modestly claims is his take on “every major component of the NY technology ecosystem” on his current Innonate blog.
Want to create a new technology start-up of some sort in the city? Nate states that “tech ecosystem” in the city is in great shape, and supplies a little detail on the following to back up his claims (see the blog entry of March 2nd for more):
* Supply of Great New Entrepreneurs
* Foundation of great second and third generation entrepreneurs
* Efficient capital markets
* Access to large and diverse customer set
* Unidirectional flow of Human Capital through local universities into the startup ecosystem
* Bidirectional flow of Intellectual Capital between local universities and the startup ecosystem
* A media industry interested in reporting on the innovations of the industry
* Value-driven services infrastructure (lawyers, rent, etc)
* High quality of life
* Strong industry community infrastructure
