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Chairman of NY TechMeetup. Professional Doer and Founder of Personal Democracy Media

Thursday
Jul262012

Andrew Rasiej on the Next Big Wave in Tech - And How Young Treps Can Surf It by Lyneka Little  

YOUNG ENTREPPRENEUR - A wise real estate investment is partially responsible for Andrew Rasiej’s foray into technology. In the early 1990s, Rasiej renovated the event space that would later become Irving Plaza, a popular arts venue in New York City. In an effort to lure in consumers, Rasiej used the still newfangled internet to promote an online music festival. 

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Monday
Jul232012

Tech Startups Making Millions Off the Presidential Race by Julie Bykowicz

BLOOMBERG NEWS - “This is a huge market, and companies will keep forming to try to fill the need,” says Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Media, a New York-based group that focuses on the intersection of technology, politics and civil society. “Every online technique used by Fortune 500 companies will be in the hands of politicians in the next four to eight years.” 

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Monday
Jul162012

New York Startups Help Fuel City's High-Tech Renaissance by Gerry Smith 

HUFFINGTON POST - "There is a renaissance in the New York tech community," said Andrew Rasiej, managing director of NY Tech Meetup, which hosts monthly gatherings for tech entrepreneurs. "In the same way that hardware married software and created the legend of Silicon Valley, technology is marrying content and creating entirely new opportunities in New York City."

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Monday
Jul092012

A Challenge to Digital Influencers: Join The #One4One Game by Deanna Zandt

FORBES - The #One4One Game has been born. Go to Twitter now, and, using the #one4one hashtag, tell the world who your One is.The #One4One Game, created by me, Melissa Pierce, and Andrew Rasiej, asks digital influencers to name someone whose identity has a radically different trait as their One. If you’re a dude, name a woman. If you’re white, name a person of color. If you’re straight, name an LGBTQ person. You get the picture.

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Thursday
Jul052012

Declaration of Internet Freedom Aims to Head Off Political Fights Before They Start by Leslie Meredith

TECHNEWS DAILY - "There's a new sensitivity in the general public that the Internet has become a battlefield," said Andrew Rasiej, founder of the Personal Democracy Forum and chairman of New York Tech Meetup, who helped put together the declaration. "It's very clear that the role of the Internet and the way that it's controlled is under threat globally by governmental forces that view it as a disruptive force."

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Tuesday
Jul032012

Home of the Social Innovation Rockstar. Today's Profile: Andrew Rasiej by Sir.tv

SIR.TV - As the founder of Personal Democracy Media, Andrew Rasiej has found a way to best politicians in their own game. His productions advocate for the public in the truest sense, and are firing up citizen engagement with the power of technology. "If I stopped working it would be the same as giving up the idea that my goal is possible and for me that is the same as giving up on life itself.

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