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New York City has emerged as a technology powerhouse over the past few years.<\/p>\n
The City\u2019s namesake companies like WeWork<\/a>, Tumblr<\/a>, and BuzzFeed<\/a> have catalyzed startup activity and inspired the next-generation of New York natives including Oscar<\/a>, Warby Parker<\/a>, Squarespace<\/a>, Blue Apron<\/a>, Rent the Runway\u200a<\/a>\u2014\u200athe list goes on.<\/p>\n Since 2014, VCs have invested about $1.2 billion\u00a0<\/a>in seed funding in New York-based startups.<\/p>\n As New York\u2019s native tech community grows, more established tech companies like Google and Facebook have taken notice and opened up satellite offices in the City. These legacy companies play an important role in stabilizing the startup ecosystem here.<\/p>\n Their presence has lowered the risk profile associated with starting a company in New York\u200a\u2014\u200aentrepreneurs find comfort in knowing that if their startup doesn\u2019t work out, there\u2019s a growing number of stable technology opportunities to fall back on (IBM alone employs nine thousand<\/em> engineers in New York).<\/p>\n These companies also provide a training ground for many future founders\u200a\u2014\u200aJon Steinberg<\/a> of BuzzFeed and Cheddar; Spencer Kimball of Cockroach Labs<\/a>; and Matt Burton\u00a0<\/a>of Orchard; for example, are all former NYC Googlers (fondly dubbed \u201cXooglers\u201d).<\/p>\n To get a pulse of the role these companies have played in driving innovation and catalyzing startup activity, we decided to dig a little deeper.<\/p>\n We turned to LinkedIn data to answer the following questions:<\/p>\n Just how big are these tech titans\u2019 NYC offices? What\u2019s the breakdown of engineering vs. non-engineering talent? How do these offices stack up to their west coast counterparts?<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what we learned:<\/p>\n (Scroll to the bottom to see our methodology)<\/em><\/p>\n We turned to LinkedIn Sales Navigator data to address the following questions:<\/p>\n We\u2019re not claiming our data is perfect (not everyone is on LinkedIn, and those who are self-report) but in the age of online-resumes, it\u2019s safe to assume these numbers are directionally accurate.<\/p>\n Featured Image: Amanda Hall \/ robertharding\/Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
Here\u2019s a breakdown of each satellite office<\/h2>\n
Here\u2019s how we did\u00a0it:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Tech titans like IBM and Google have emerged major players in New York’s startup ecosystem. Here’s a look at how their New York offices stack up to their west coast counterparts. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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