New York Tech, Stuck at No. 2, Still Shaking Pom-Poms

Silicon Alley is dynamite, don't mess with dynamite.

Over the last few years, the rhetoric in Silicon Alley has started to sound like a Bring It On sequel. The rhetoric is dominated by two themes: boostery New York exceptionalism—in September 2009, the high-profile investor Fred Wilson gave a talk called “NYC’s Startup Scene: What makes it special?”—and the David and Goliath narrative, with Silicon Valley as the reigning champion versus New York as the cool, scrappy young Read More

New York Tech, Stuck at No. 2, Still Shaking Pom-Poms