Here’s to the New York tech scene

The Next Web’s USA Conference returns to New York this coming December. Our events team have delved into the inner workings of the US city, in order to understand what is making it such a hotspot in the tech startup scene. It’s 2008. You overhear two people in a trendy bar talking about the East Coast’s answer to Silicon Valley. Your instant assumption? No doubt Boston. Home to MIT and Harvard University (the dorm rooms of which served as the birthplace of Facebook), the city was long considered tech’s home away from home. If you overheard the same conversation today,...

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