Always Be Closing is nextNYC’s revenue and sales focused event.

It’s an opportunity for startups to connect with and pitch top NYC companies and organizations who can serve as potential customers. After all, that’s why so many startups decided to locate their businesses here!

We gather key decision makers in specific business areas who have shared their challenges and opportunities to run their businesses better. Startups will apply to get the opportunity to pitch their products and solutions in-person. Our partner companies may not have an obligation to work with you, but the opportunity is yours to lose!

Next event host: SIM NY (see panel details below)
Where: The Front Yard at Pace University (in-person only)
When: November 20th from 6-8pm

Our Nov 20th event is hosted by SIM NY

SIM NY is the New York chapter of the world’s premier non-profit association for technology executives. We exist to empower today's leaders and inspire tomorrow's. SIM members collectively have decision making authority and influence over hundreds of billions in annual technology spending and oversee the work of hundreds of thousands of technology professionals around the world.

What can you do?

The team at SIM NY has pulled together a panel of IT executives with budget authority or influence over vendor relationships. This panel has shared their sector wishlist and we’re selecting the best six companies to pitch these decision-makers as potential customers.

The panel will be taking pitches from companies who can add value to their company along the following interest areas:

  • Development tools that enable non-IT teams to produce custom production applications

  • Data cleansing for structured and unstructured data

  • Governance over AI solutions

  • Managing multi-cloud environments

  • Cybersecurity for AI-related threats (e.g. deep fakes)

Meet the Panel

  • Rob Galvin

    CTO | PORT AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ

    Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains the airports, rail, bridges and tunnels between the two states, as well as seaport facilities, and the 16-acre World Trade Center site. PANYNJ has 10,000 employees and a $9.4 B annual budget.

    Some quick stats:

    - 120m passengers served at our airports annually

    - 50m passengers ride PATH annually

    - 200m vehicles use our bridges and tunnels annually

    - Marine terminals handle $250b in cargo annually

  • Connie Mui-Reilly

    EVP & CIO | DOUGLAS ELLIMAN

    Douglas Elliman is one of the nation's largest independent residential real estate brokerages, offering a variety of services, including: residential real estate brokerage, commercial real estate, property management, title and escrow, and development marketing. Douglas Elliman was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida. The company has over 7,000 agents and 113 offices across the country.

    Some quick stats:

    - 43,902 Total sales and rental transactions

    - $34.4 Billion Dollars in sales and rental transactions annually

  • Panelist TBA

The startup and emerging growth marketplace has a multitude of unique challenges, and Withum is here to help.

Withum has a variety of services focused on the start-up community and its founding members and management, including:

Qualified Small Business Stock consultations
Federal, state and international tax planning and compliance
Corporate and sales tax nexus analysis
Tax incentives and credits