New Jersey Tech Weekly

16/11/2024

Congratulations to all the Catalyst Award winners! I was extremely honored to receive the Martinson-Ballen Award on Thursday night. Thanks so much to and Council Ventures Thank you Socoloff for such a kind introduction

13/11/2024

There is still time to join me at the TechUnited catalyst awards. 🏆 Announcing the Second Trio of Catalyst Award Winners! 🏆

Join us in celebrating these remarkable innovators who are shaping New Jersey’s tech landscape with their talent and vision:

Catalyst of Empowerment (Presented by KPMG US)

✨ Priya Prakash - Co-Founder & CEO of WannaEat

Catalyst of Technology (Presented by PNC)

✨ Metal Light Inc. - Clean-Tech Company

Martinson-Ballen Award (Presented by Tech Council Ventures)

✨ Esther Surden - Editor & Publisher of NJ Tech Weekly

Don’t miss your chance to connect with top executives and change-makers in NJ’s tech scene!

📅 Thursday, November 14 | 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM | White Eagle Hall Jersey City, NJ
🎟 Free for TechUnited members! $25 for non-members.

We can’t wait to celebrate and network with you!

RSVP Now:

Celebrating innovators, leaders, & disrupters.

10/10/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/educators-learn-how-to-teach-innovation-via-montclair-state-3d-printing-workshop/

The objective of the workshop at Montclair State University was to give educators an understanding of how to use 3D printers, how to use digital-design software to effectively engage in 3D printing and design, how to teach those skills in the classroom to young people, and then how to instill creati...

10/10/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/montclair-states-school-of-computing-is-being-transformed-to-better-serve-its-diverse-community/

Big changes are happening at Montclair State University’s School of Computing. Under the leadership of Liaquat Hossain, director, the school is being transformed to enhance diversity and increase retention in computing education. Along the way,

10/10/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/at-propelify-a-conversation-with-edison-partners-michael-dirla/

At May’s Propelify festival, NJTechWeekly.com spent some time with Michael Dirla, vice president of Edison Partners (Princeton and Nashville), which has been supporting New Jersey companies since its inception in 1986 as a venture capital firm.

26/09/2024

There are many, many ways that AI will change higher education. This was a great panel identifying some of them. The speakers were deep into the task of incorporating AI into their activities.

The 2024 New Jersey Big Data Alliance Symposium, held last spring at Rutgers–New Brunswick, focused on the impacts of AI on society and higher education. NJTechWeekly.com dropped by a session called “AI Impacts on Teaching

06/09/2024

To my colleagues, friends and supporters:

By the end of September, I will retire from NJ Tech Weekly. I will continue to write and publish articles until that date and, unless circumstances change, I will maintain the website for another year. Feel free to copy your stories to keep them in case the archive becomes unreachable in the future.

I will continue my presence on LinkedIn and will post and comment on the activities of the NJ tech community that it has been my real pleasure to serve. This community is important to me, and I know it is set up to grow and prosper in the coming years.

I realize that my absence will create a gap, as there is no publication out there that currently offers consistent coverage of the startups, tech companies, investors, tech meetings, meetups and conferences in New Jersey. I hope that will change and that someone will take up the challenge to provide the tech companies, especially the startups, as well as the tech and entrepreneurial communities, the visibility they deserve.

You all will be missed! I’ll let you know what’s next for me when I know myself.

Best regards,
Esther

06/09/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/will-plug-and-plays-nj-fast-accelerator-bring-more-access-to-vcs-for-startups-in-the-state/

The “New Jersey Fintech Accelerator at Stevens Institute of Technology” (NJ FAST), announced by Governor Phil Murphy at Stevens in May, will hold a launch event on September 16 at the Stevens campus, in Hoboken.

06/09/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/book-interview-verona-based-steve-tafaro-author-of-winning-at-saas/

NJTechWeekly.com recently connected with Steve Tafaro, a former tech executive who has also spent years helping SaaS startups master revenue generation through synchronized SaaS sales efforts. His book, Winning at SaaS, is a guide to changing

06/09/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/nj-based-companies-onvego-and-phone-com-partner-to-develop-ai-based-receptionist-for-small-businesses/

Two New Jersey companies, Onvego (Livingston) and Phone.com (Newark), recently collaborated on an AI solution that extends the capabilities of traditional answering services, creating an “AI receptionist” that can handle many tasks for small businesses.

06/09/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/shetek-and-rutgers-school-of-business-camden-partner-to-educate-female-workforce-in-ai/

By Steve Sears Princeton-based SheTek, a nonprofit organization that aims to empower and mentor women seeking careers in technology, has partnered with the Rutgers School of Business–Camden, with the shared goal of assisting students in

06/09/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/conversation-with-janice-mahon-celebrating-universal-displays-30th-anniversary/

Universal Display Corporation (Ewing), which has been a publicly traded company since 1996, celebrated its 30th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, NJTechWeekly.com spoke with Janice Mahon, senior VP of technology commercialization and general

06/09/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/startup-grind-princeton-holds-ai-max-conference-attracting-hundreds/

The day-long AI MAX conference, which took place in Montgomery, near Princeton, included startup presentations, panel discussions, an AI workshop and networking opportunities, as well as a showcase highlighting sponsors and startups.

06/09/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/princeton-based-yoda-tech-uses-microbots-to-transform-it-operations/

Yoda Technologies (or “Yoda Tech”), a bootstrapped startup that was established in 2013 in Sydney, Australia, and later expanded to Singapore, has brought its MicroBot technology to Princeton, to address the U.S. information technology market from there. The company uses MicroroBots to automate ...

06/09/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/aaron-price-sits-down-with-marc-lore-at-propelify-and-the-crowd-is-wowed/

Serial entrepreneur, investor and NBA franchise owner Marc Lore — who has already successfully sold three prominent companies and founded several others along the way — dropped by Propelify 2024 for a fascinating fireside chat with Propelify founder Aaron Price.

06/09/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/three-different-perspectives-on-ai-provide-food-for-thought-at-nj-gmis-2024-tec/

On April 18, the 2024 NJ-GMIS Technology Education Conference (TEC) welcomed 150 Garden State municipal, county and school district IT professionals to the Palace at Somerset Park to learn about how technology could make their

06/09/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/rutgers-team-wins-2024-upitchnj-for-portable-home-security-system-pitch/

By Esther Surden, with Susan Scherreik In April, nine New Jersey colleges and universities each sent a team to UPitchNJ, which took place at NJIT. UPitchNJ is a statewide collegiate business model competition showcasing the

06/09/2024

https://njtechweekly.com/hax-supporting-innovative-hard-tech-startups-unveils-its-newark-headquarters-to-an-enthusiastic-crowd/

On May 1, a packed house of enthusiastic attendees — including some who were relegated to an overflow room — joined the long-awaited official opening of the headquarters of HAX, a hard-tech startup development program for pre-seed organizations, at 707 Broad Street, in Newark.