Security Check: Hi, I’m John, and I design and build businesses to have a positive impact on society. I also provoke, develop, and fund projects with artists that inspire me. What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I just moved back to New York City after spending the last 4 years in LA….
attn: Los Angeles
ATTN is an issues driven media company from the founder of Our Time. Their mission is to deliver engaging content to a mobile-first audience. Every day they produce videos, articles and commentary telling stories worth your attention. At their core, ATTN: believes in informing people to make a social impact. Through compelling, issue-driven content, they…
Sean Harvey: New York City
Security Check: I am the co-founder of We Roam, a travel while working remotely company. What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I’m from the LA area, family all still there, and moved to NYC almost a year ago after 3.5 years in SF. . What do you love about both cities, and…
ZestFinance: Los Angeles
We believe that credit today is unfair. Since the modern credit system was created in the 1950’s, the world has changed. Technology has changed. So should credit. Today, 40% of Americans don’t have credit cards — or they’re forced to borrow at the whim of abusive credit companies. And, in emerging markets, billions of people…
Will Rocklin: New York City
Product Manager at Inamoto & Co. What’s your historical NYC and SF connection? I lived in NYC for several years, then SF for the last 4 years, and I just moved back to NYC. Describe your experience in SF and your experience in NYC. SF is a beautiful city with a high quality of…
Dollar Beard Club: San Francisco
Dollar Beard Club offers high quality beard products at wholesale prices. Beards are exploding in popularity, however few men understand how to properly care for them. In just 8 weeks Dollar Beard Club became the largest and most influential beard product and lifestyle organization on the planet. DBC will end the neglect of beards everywhere,…
Joe: New York City
Founder and CEO at Universe What’s your historical NYC and SF connection? I grew up in Brooklyn (not the hip part), came back to NYC after school, built a startup called Lore here, and then spent a year in SF before moving back to Williamsburg to build Universe. I never thought, growing up, that I’d…
Phenom: San Francisco
Phenom, an angel backed start-up based in San Francisco, CA, and a 500 Startups Batch 16 company, was founded out of a desire to give young athletes a voice. We are the largest community in the world for young athletes to show off the products they love and share stories about their athletic achievements. Borrowing…
Tal Flanchraych: San Francisco
What’s your historical NYC and SF connection? I grew up in Queens, but not the Coming to America Queens you’re thinking of. Eastern Queens is littered with a bunch of dull suburban towns, which is likely why you’ve never heard of any of them. Venture ye not eastward, Long Island City-dweller — unless you’re an…
Zesty: San Francisco
Zesty makes it easy to feed your employees healthy, delicious food. Their team of Catering Captains deliver, set up, and serve your meals, offering all the reliability and service quality of an in-house caterer as well as the variety of San Francisco’s eclectic restaurant scene. Curated by their own Registered Dietitians, Zesty works with hundreds…
Patti Maciesz: San Francisco
What’s your historical NYC and SF connection? New York is home. It’s where I was born and where my earliest memories are. It holds my favorite places (The Met) and my most painful memories (saying goodbye to my dad/ being a troubled teenager). San Francisco is like a dream. It’s a thing I had in…
Pacifica: San Francisco
Pacifica launched in late January and has brought in over 300k organic registrations. This growth is indicative of a general movement; more and more people are looking for new ways to improve their daily lives. Fitness is no longer just about our physical wellbeing. It’s about our overall health and happiness, both body and mind….