Fellows

2012 hackNY Fellows: Startup application

The hackNY Fellows program, now entering its third year, is an experiential learning program introducing talented students to NYC’s startup community. hackNY Fellows have participated from all over the US and Canada, and have included students with coding talents in front end, back end, data science, and design.

Startups applying to work with a hackNY Fellow are making a commitment to the following:
* to provide a concrete problem for the Fellow to work on,
* to provide a specific person to mentor the fellow, and
* to provide a place for the Fellow to work — the startup must at least have dedicated coworking space if not an office.

THE FINE PRINT:
If you agree to host a hackNY Fellow: we ask host startups to commit at least $600/week for 10 weeks to the Fellow and to support the direct cost of their Fellow (hackNY incurs a cost of $3,000/fellow in housing and summer programming).  As in previous years, hackNY works to support all scales of NYC startup and will be providing aid to startups which can show evidence of a strong mentoring environment but for which this commitment is incompatible with the current level of funding. Please email scholarships@hackNY.org describing your need for aid.

If you are not successfully matched with a hackNY Fellow: we still want you to find a great intern. As with our prior two years, student applications and startup applications will be processed by HackMatch (an algorithmic matching) and informations exchanged, with a ranked list of matches and a list of technical compatibilities.

Applications close at 11:59 pm NYC time on February 29, 2012

We’d like to get to know you:

Contact Name

Contact Email

Startup Name

Is your dev team in NYC? Yes

Where can we find more information?

Website

Blog (optional)

Twitter Username (optional)

How many employees do you currently have?

Which of these categories best describes your startup's funding situation? (We plan to accept a balanced list). Bootstrapped/Friends & Family Angel Venture

Describe the skills that you would like to find in a hackNY Fellow this summer. What level of experience do you expect? Please do state explicitly the specific languages or skills you need.

Problem: describe the specific problem you would like your hackNY Fellow to solve. For examples of problems which the Fellows and the host startups have consented to demo, many of these have been presented at the hackNY final demofest.

Person: Please name the CTO, VP of E, or other technologist who has committed to mentor the hackNY Fellow:

Place: describe the working environment (including, for example, desk, office, and working atmosphere) available your Fellow

More generally, please describe the mentoring environment that you would provide for a hackNY Fellow this summer. What mentoring relationships and assistance will she or he be provided? If APIs or SDKs are in place on which a student can build, let us know.

To understand the team who will be working alongside the Fellow: when hiring employees in {2011, 2012}, what specific skills and qualifications {were you, will you be} looking for in an applicant and how many people {were hired, do you anticipate hiring}?

Is there anything else we should know?

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