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Get your app noticed: enter NYC BigApps 3.0!
Do you have a great idea for an app? Think it has the potential to be the next big thing? Check out NYC BigApps 3.0, the third annual contest for software developers (and anyone who loves to code) to create web or mobile apps using official New York City open data.
Whether you just want to make something that improves the daily lives of New Yorkers, or you aspire to launch your own startup, entering BigApps gives you unique and unparalleled opportunities.
Here’s what’s in store this year:
MORE DATA
- More than 250 new data sets from 63 New York City agencies, commissions, and business improvement districts
- More than 700 data sets total
- APIs from NYC startups, including Aviary, bitly, DonorsChoose.org, Etsy, foursquare, GetGlue, Hunch, Magma, Meetup, minus, NewsBlur, Readability, RecordSetter, Tumblr, and Yipit (more APIs may be added in the next couple of weeks; check the full list). The Best NYC Mashup prize will award $4,000 to the best app that uses NYC Open Data + an API from a participating startup.
ENHANCED PRIZES + BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
- 11 cash prizes totaling $50,000
- 2 NY Tech Meetup demo slots
- At least 2 TechStars finalist spots
- Opportunity to join the BigApps Founders Network, which provides mentorship, networking, and business support services to help winners launch or build their startups
- Winner of the Best NYC Mashup will get a meeting with a representative of the participating startup
And as always, your app will be reviewed by an amazing judging panel of leading tech investors and entrepreneurs.
Over the course of the previous two competitions, NYC BigApps has helped create more than 140 new and innovative apps. In 2009, winners MyCityWay (creators of the NYC Way iPhone app, which bundles 30+ NYC resources and provides geolocated info) went on to receive $22 million in funding. They’ve even expanded beyond NYC to 40 urban markets across the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and they’re launching at least one new city per week. This could be you if you win a BigApps 3.0 prize!
Get your app noticed in the most successful multi-year government apps initiative in history: accept the NYC BigApps 3.0 challenge today at 2011.nycbigapps.com.
Follow @NYCBigApps and @ChallengePost on Twitter, and like us on Facebook. Use hashtag #NYCBigApps when you tweet.
By Samantha
Oct 11
