The Daily Beat
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The Daily Beat is a daily news podcast that gives you 15 minutes of digestible investigations into an ongoing weekly story. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. with your host Lisa Autz to hear original reporting on events throughout New York City that speak to greater national and international issues.
Not to mention, we’ll also feature some of BTR’s top tracks.
This week on the Daily Beat will be looking at NYC’s attempt to compete with Silicon Valley with growing tech community.
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Today: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 – Brooklyn’s leading entrepreneurs and investors discuss the scaling creative, technology community in NYC at the Made in NY Media Center in DUMBO, BK. The city’s new platform for resources and information on everything tech–Digital.nyc–is allocating jobs, access to capital, and community building in one place. Listen in to a panel of start-up adventurers and venture capitalists on the advantages and disadvantages on building a business in NYC.
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