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Julie Samuels

President & CEO, Tech:NYC · 1 appearance on the record.

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Julie Samuels is the President and CEO of Tech:NYC, an advocacy organization representing New York City's tech ecosystem that she co-founded in 2016. Previously, she served as the Executive Director of Engine and was a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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4 assertions · 2 opinions · 1 insight · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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Assertion Supported
Samuels: Zenefits ultimately prevailed in regulatory battle against Utah
“When you see those kinds of battles with Zenefits and Utah and Zenefits. Ultimately prevailed.”
Julie Samuels Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:05 a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech

Everything Julie Samuels said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Partly supported
Samuels: Smartphones touch 250,000 patents while drugs touch only 30-40
“The average smartphone is covered by 250,000 patents. The average drug by 30 or 40 patents.”
Julie Samuels Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 17:15 a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech
Opinion
Samuels: Patent pressure in Silicon Valley produces weak patents exploited by bad actors
“I think it's actually led to a really dangerous culture in the Valley and in tech companies in general, where there's this pressure to get as many patents as possible, as quickly as possible. And then what you end up with is a bunch of really crappy patents an…”
Julie Samuels Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:20 a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Julie Samuels: Tech companies no longer fly under government radar due to scale
“Tech companies are getting a lot bigger, so they're not flying under the radar of government anymore.”
Julie Samuels Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:24 a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech
Insight
Julie Samuels: Regulation is unavoidable because every business is now a tech company
“In a lot of ways, every company is a tech company and everyone uses tech. And so policy, regulation legislation, like all of these things are unavoidable.”
Julie Samuels Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:38 a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech
Assertion Supported
Samuels: Zenefits ultimately prevailed in regulatory battle against Utah
“When you see those kinds of battles with Zenefits and Utah and Zenefits. Ultimately prevailed.”
Julie Samuels Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:05 a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech
Opinion
Samuels: Tech startup community cares about candidates' ideas, not political party
“This community is not, ah, kind of wedded to traditional political parties in the way that a lot of people are. Like, I really believe that most people you meet in this tech community, particularly in the startup community, are looking for the best ideas from …”
Julie Samuels Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:45 a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech
Assertion Supported
Samuels: Four Million People Contacted Government During 2015 Net Neutrality Debate
“And then we had the net neutrality fight earlier this year, but again, it was a time when the users, when individuals, four million individuals reached out to make their voice heard on that.”
Julie Samuels Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:01 a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech Jan 2, 2019 7m
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