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2 unusual facts about Silicon Alley


Silicon Alley

First Tuesday, co-founded by Vincent Grimaldi de Puget and John Grossbart, became the largest gathering of Silicon Alley, welcoming 500 to 1000 venture capitalists and entrepreneurs every month.

The first publication to cover Silicon Alley was @NY, an online newsletter founded in the summer of 1995 by Tom Watson and Jason Chervokas.


Medscape

Founded in New York's Silicon Alley in May 1995 by SCP Communications, Inc. under the direction of Peter Frishauf, Medscape, Inc. had an IPO in September 1999, trading on NASDAQ under the symbol MSCP (an acknowledgment of its founding company, SCP and of Netscape, whose symbol was NSCP).


see also

Silicon Alley Reporter

The parent company of Silicon Alley Reporter and Venture Reporter was called Rising Tide Studios.

Karol Martesko-Fenster collaborated with Jason Calacanis and Gordon Gould from 1997-1999 on the launch of Silicon Alley Reporter prior to joining Rising Tide Studios in April 1999.