{"id":1974,"date":"2013-03-18T20:26:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1974-tech-and-the-city-the-making-of-new-yorks-startup-community.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:26:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:26:45","slug":"tech-and-the-city-the-making-of-new-yorks-startup-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/tech-and-the-city-the-making-of-new-yorks-startup-community","title":{"rendered":"Tech and the City: The Making of New York&#8217;s Startup Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tech-City-Startup-Community-ebook\/dp\/B00BV1292Y\/ref=zg_bs_tab_pd_bsnr_1\" target=\"_blank\">Tech and the City: The Making of New York&#8217;s Startup Community<\/a> is a new book by Alessandro Piol and Maria Teresa Cometto that looks at the exploding tech startup scene in New York City including an interview with&nbsp;<span>Shapeways CEO Peter Weijmarshausen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"294\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Tech-and-the-City-English.jpg\"><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<p><em>&ldquo;Tech and the City&rdquo; is the first book telling the story of how and why this is happening: from the birth of Silicon Alley in the &lsquo;90s to today&rsquo;s level of activity and important milestones, such as the building of the Cornell NYC Tech campus. 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