Meet the Start-Ups, NYC

From left, Tariq Muhammad, Sonya Donaldson, TC Coleman, Amos Winbush

On December 10, I hosted "Meet the Startups, NYC"  at the Stone Rose Lounge. It was a chance for me to reconnect with NYC starups I've known over the years, meet new entrepreneurs, and introduce them to each other. I was really honored to see folks show up on an evening that was skin-slicingly windy–just for a drink and a chat. This really emphasized for me the need for urban startups to create spaces and conversations that are inclusive.

I have to admit that we spent the evening so deep in conversation, we totally overshot our end time. But it was well worth it. Here's a sampling of some of the tech entrepreneurs, PR, and media folks who made it out…

Tariq Muhammad, Director, AOL Black Voices

Alandis Brassel, Digital Music Consultant, Being AKB

Ntiedo Etuk, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Tabula Digita

Hermann Mazard,  Founder, Organizer at Feastup, Inc., CEO at HomeShop Technologies, Inc., Professor at New York University

Alfred Edmond, Jr., Editor-in-Chief, Blackenterprise.com

Leo Newball, Jr. (aka Nexeus Fatale in Second Life), Designer and Programmer

Sean Scott, Founder and CEO, SoulRealiS LLC

Amos Winbush, Founder and CEO, CyberSynchs

We were also joined by TC Coleman, Esq., Founder, Upward Action (@upwardaction)

Writer and Photographer Laura Turley

Copy Chief, Black Enterprise Magazine, Seimond London

Many, many thanks to everyone who joined us in the conversation. Let's do it again.

Week of February 21, 2010, what say ye, #urbanstartupsNYC?

Tags: #urbanstartupsNYC, Entrepreneur, New York City, Second Life, tech startups, urban startups

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