story book >> MetaBronx

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- MetaBronx co-founders Philip Shearer and Miguel Sanchez, as well as startup founder Marlin Jenkins (Neture), before the Winter 2020 Startup Cohort Advisory Roundtable at Lowenstein Sandler in NYC

- Winter 2020 Cohort startup founders gather at the MetaBronx work space, along with Julian Rodriguez (Bazaar), founder of the first ever venture-backed startup from The Bronx

- Winter 2019 Youth Cohort apprentices from Crotona International High School (CIHS) present one of the MetaBronx startups to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio at CS Fair NYC 2019

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- startup founder Sarah Poyet (The Glass Files) and Philip Shearer catch up with Andy Saldana, Executive Director at NY Tech Alliance / NY Tech Meetup

- Winter 2019 Youth Cohort apprentices from Crotona International High School (CIHS) relax after finishing a challenging computer hardware and networking maintenance session

- Sarah presents 21st century entrepreneurship to a 12th grade class at Bronx Academy for Software Engineering (BASE)

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- startup founder Alanson Boyd (Vibrints) exchanges contact info with accelerator founder Chike Ukaegbu (Startup52) and a guest at the Winter 2016 Startup Cohort Mentor Meetup

- Sarah gets the latest from startup founder Nelson Nigel (kidmoto) at the Winter 2020 Startup Cohort Mentor Meetup

- rack servers ready for reinstallation by the Hardware Team after a marathon cleaning and maintenance session with 2019 Youth Cohort apprentices

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- after creating the own Finance Team, longtime apprentice Brinda Fotsso and friends prepare financial statements for MetaBronx and startups

- Winter 2017 Youth Cohort apprentices on the Software Team prepare their wares for presentation at CS Fair NYC 2019

- Bright Amoateng (BASE 2019) becomes an instant local superstar as NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and venture capital firm co-founder Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures) learn about Bright's MultiMario video game

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- Miguel looks on

- Summer 2019 Youth Cohort apprentices arrive in the General Assembly room at the United Nations

- Philip presents the Winter 2020 Startup Cohort in partnership with Village Capital, at NY Tech Meetup

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- longtime apprentice Carlos Garcia (BASE 2019) draws the foundation for a gigantic collaborative drawing of the MetaBronx work space by the Graphics Team

- Success Via Apprenticeship (SVA) apprentice Jonathan Vasquez and Summer 2019 Youth Cohort apprentice Jorell Hines recreate Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam

- longtime apprentice Dariel Eusebio reinstalls a rack server after deep maintenance

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- a scene drawn by Carlos Garcia (BASE 2019)

- Summer 2018 Youth Cohort apprentices work on the Writing Team in the library and podcast studio at the MetaBronx workspace

- Summer 2019 Youth Cohort apprentices arrive at UBS for an afternoon of mentorship with investment banking team members

- Sarah onboards Winter 2019 Youth Cohort apprentices from Crotona International High School (CIHS)

- the MetaBronx corner at CS Fair NYC 2019

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- Summer 2018 Youth Cohort apprentices on the Hardware Team prepare for deep cleaning of rack servers

- Summer 2018 Youth Cohort apprentices on the Media Production team support the production of a presentation video with MetaBronx sponsor and partner Riverdale Country School

- a drawing by Sasha Brisman (BASE 2019)

- birthday card made by Jorell Hines (Murray Hill Academy 2020) and Sasha Brisman (BASE 2019)

- Summer 2018 Youth Cohort apprentices take a break during an interview of Bronx Senior Storytellers

- longtime apprentices from Crotona International High School (CIHS) take a break from the non-stop action of CS Fair NYC

- the now famous MetaBronx booth at CS Fair NYC 2019

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- Winter 2019 Youth Cohort apprentices from Crotona International High School (CIHS) on Orientation Day at the work space

- startup founder Elias Gabriel (The Glass Files) is ready to resume leadership of the Software Team

- one of the advisory board members for the Winter 2020 Startup Cohort in partnership with Village Capital