Bitcoin Startup Competing in Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Local development corporation Downtown Brooklyn Partnership is holding a business pitch competition among companies in Brooklyn and a bitcoin startup is included in the mix. The prize money of $50,000 will come from Partnership co-chairs MaryAnne Gilmartin, president and chief executive of Forest City Ratner Cos., and Bre Pettis, founder of 3-D-printing company MakerBot. Nearly 70 startups joined the competition and the finalists are set to give short speeches and answer questions from the judges for four minutes. Brooklyn-Based Bitcoin Startup. "I'm sharpening up," said Joswell Valdez,....
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