Vol. 3 No. 12; March 29, 2015

NJ-GMIS Conference, LaunchNJ Cofounder-Intern Matchup, Murray Center for Women in Technology Celebration and More

• The NJ-GMIS conference on Wednesday featured a bustling show floor filled with some innovative tech vendors who want to transform N.J. cities and municipalities.

• Keynote speaker Thornton May presented a highly interactive program encouraging government IT workers to "change the narrative" to make progress happen.
• An attendee at Thursday's Scarlet Startups meetup reported that the speaker, Stacee Mandeville of Red Leaf Coaching, was outstanding and provided useful information about presenting in front of an audience.
• On Thursday, NJIT Innovation Day featured competitions and poster sessions showing off student projects.

• LaunchNJ held its co-founder and intern match night Thursday, which resulted in contacts for both the entrepreneurs who attended and the Drew students who came looking for internships.
• On Friday, the Murray Center for Women in Technology at NJIT celebrated its 20th anniversary.

• A particularly informative panel discussion focused on how women in IT can brand themselves.
• Keynote speaker Danielle Feinberg, director of photography and lighting for Pixar Animation Studios, discussed her own journey as a computer science graduate.
• She also demonstrated how computer programming and math is used in creating animated films.
• Congratulations to all the Hack Jersey 2015 organizers and participants at Montclair State University this past weekend who built tools for journalism and citizen engagement or used data to tell hidden stories about New Jersey.

Events / Deadlines:

• Are you leading a growth-stage health IT company that has reached $250,000 in revenue? Apply to the HealthIT Entrepreneurial Connection cohort at NJIT.
• The quarterly deadline for Tigerlabs Digital Health Startups cohort is April 15.
• ShorePHP is holding a meeting called "PaaSing Your Code Around" with Chris Tankersly, March 30.
• The NJTC Venture Conference showcasing promising startups and emerging companies is scheduled for March 31.
• Gearhart Law has organized a "Global Intellectual Property Law Symposium" aimed at tech entrepreneurs, March 31.
• There is a waiting list for the Morris Tech Meetup special event at the Wine Library, March 31.
• The Manufacturers, Inventors & Tech Hardware Startups group will be holding a meeting on prototyping, April 1.
• "Learn to Use Git to Manage and Deploy Your Web Applications," with the Jersey Shore Tech Meetup, April 1.
• NJConnect's meetup "Best Tools for Your Business," will feature a panel of entrepreneurs providing advice, April 1.
• The Art and Tech Collective will be holding a "Virtual Reality Demo Night," April 2.
• LopSA NJ is holding a meeting on "Systems Log Aggregation Using ElasticSearch/LogStash/Kibana," April 2.
• Jersey Shore Tech meetup group is hosting two workshops on effective communications, April 4.
• Microsoft Mobile Application Developers meetup is hosting "Build Real-Time Websites and Apps with SignalR," April 7.
• Jersey Shore Tech Meetup is holding a two-hour workshop on "Leveraging Video to Drive Brand Engagement," April 7.
• The New Jersey Entrepreneurial Network will feature keynoters Bert Navarrete, cofounder of Tigerlabs and Jon Cooper of LifeVest, April 8. 
• The Montclair Entrepreneurs meeting will talk about unlocking the secrets of Wordpress, April 8.
• Jersey Shore Tech meetup is beginning an eight-week course on how to program Ruby, April 8.
• TEDx Navesink 2015 is presenting a program on accelerators and change makers, April 11.
• The kickoff event for NJ Tech and Entrepreneurship Week featuring Peopleproductive.com's Frank Wander will be held April 13.
• NJTC is holding a meeting at Rowan University called "Growing the Technology Economy in New Jersey" April 14.
• A Juicetank event with Jack and Judy Killion will discuss women and business, April 15.
• A meeting on "Building a Business on Technology Beyond Patents" will take place April 16.
• Cybersecurity and big data will be the topic at an April 17 meeting at St. Peter's University.
• Tigerlabs is holding a day-long conference called "Digital Health Innovation in Context 2015," April 23.

Company Roundup: Verisk, pdvWireless, Marathon Data Systems, FieldView, Exigent and More

By Esther Surden
  Jersey City's Verisk made a $2.8 billion purchase, pdvWireless rebranded, Marathon Data Systems has a new VP of financial planning and analysis, and other news. More.
 

At NJ Tech Meetup, Startups from New York and New Jersey Pitch Their Companies

By Esther Surden


Three startup founders, from AppCow, eureQa and Klassroom, pitched at the NJ Tech Meetup on March 10, 2015, and two of them were from New Jersey. More.
 

Startup and App Roundup: Vidoovy, TelTech, UsMeU, sRide and TravAlarm

By Esther Surden

This roundup in­cludes news from some innovative star­tups as well as some new apps by New Jer­sey de­velopers. More.
 

5 Marketing Tips about Using New Top-Level Domains from Experts at Montclair Entrepreneurs

By John Critelli


A panel at the Montclair Entrepreneurs meetup talked about new top-level domain names and gave some tips to entrepreneurs considering using them. More.