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NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg believes NYC’s start-up center “Silicon Alley,” is superior to California’s Silicon Valley in a number of ways; everything from IT and advertising to fashion and culture as he’s touted several times at conferences over the past several months. And it’s true (although I may be slightly biased). This is not the kind of city you come to to kick your feet up. Creativity is far from scarce and the competition is fierce. We’ve all heard about the big name start-ups like Foursquare, Tumblr, Bit.ly, Etsy and MeetUp but here are a few NYC based start-ups you may not know yet– but you should. 1) Kickstarter, a funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, explorers and other creative types is one of those incredible start-ups that has the ability to spawn other start-ups. Founded in April 2009 by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler, the site is undoubtedly one of the coolest growing businesses in New York Cit...