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= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="font-size: 31px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts</span></span></span> =
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CATT: Created in 1983, as one of the State of New York's 4 original Centers for Advanced Technology, CATT continues to fulfill its mission to stimulate economic development in information technology through research and education.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CITE: Former NYU-SOE President Hultin once stated that “With CITE, NYU-SOE’s researchers, students and industry partners are well poised to contribute to the economic growth of New York. CITE will facilitate the collaborative development of ground-breaking digital gaming innovations and new media technologies with tangible commercial applications.” (</span>[http://engineering.nyu.edu/press-release/2011/03/11/polytechnic-institute-nyu-launches-new-center-innovation-technology-and-ent <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CITE Press Release</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to CATT and CITE, NYU-SOE Incubators have an impressive track record with local economic boom having generated more than $250 million in economic activity as well as 900 jobs since 2009 (</span>[http://www.poly.edu/business/incubators/impact <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU-SOE Incubator</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). Named one of the Top 10 Idea Labs in the U.S. by</span>[http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2013/08/21/NY67450 <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Worth</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">magazine, the NYU-SOE Incubators - Varick St., DUMBO and NYC-ACRE, Greenhouse - are changing the landscape of New York City for the better. As the first NYC-sponsored Incubators and cornerstones of the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute, these programs are designed to empower entrepreneurs from across NYC and NYU who are creating jobs, launching new technology products and services, and diversifying the local innovation ecosystem (</span>[http://www.poly.edu/business/incubators/impact <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU-SOE Incubator</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). Since 2009, the Incubators have served over one hundred companies, with seven of those acquired by established public and private entities. Program graduates, who have raised more than $60M in equity funding and economic growth, are projected to create nearly $720 million by 2015 (</span>[http://www.poly.edu/business/incubators/impact <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU-SOE Incubator</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). NYU-SOE’s Incubators leverage support from NYCEDC, NYSERDA, and other government entities, as well as from Trinity Real Estate, Two Trees Management Company, and now Forest City Ratner Companies. Most recently</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU Start-ups</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU is host to many ventures by students, faculty, and alumni. Some of the most salient ones are:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Twitter - Jack Dorsey</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Square - Jack Dorsey</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pinterest - </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vikram Bhaskaran</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bloomberg LP: </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Duncan MacMillan & Charles Zegar (Co-founders)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ben & Jerry's: Bennett "Ben" Cohen</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Home Depot: Ken Langone</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Foursquare: Dennis Crowley & Alex Rainert</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buzzfeed: John Johnson</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MTV: Tom Freston</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TechStars NYC: </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">David Tisch</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fairchild Semiconductor: </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eugene Kleiner</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BOT Factory: Carlos Ospina & Nicolas Vansnick</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DefJam: Rick Rubin</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suneris: Isaac Miller & Joe Landolina</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More at </span>[http://www.madebynyu.org/ <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.madebynyu.org/</span>]</span></p><div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></div>
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