CEO Joe Apprendi Among Silicon Alley 100

 October 5, 2011

New York City had a break out year in 2011, riding a wave of tech enthusiasm to heights it's never seen before.

Right now, New York, or as it's often called, Silicon Alley, is home to one company with a billion dollar valuation — Gilt Groupe — and 28 others with valuations of $100 million or over.

Despite a weakening stock market, and deep fundamental problems with the economy, this time next year we expect more billion dollar companies in New York.

But, before we get ahead of ourselves, let's take some time to look back at the fantastic year that was.

We've created the Silicon Alley 100 to celebrate people doing the coolest things in New York in 2011. We don't have it ranked, because it's a list of great stuff across the board. The slides are in random order. But, if you're on here, and you want to tell friends you're ranked number one, we won't dispute it.

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