Snaps is the first end-to-end platform for brand marketing across the exploding messaging space. Snaps is venture backed and has launched 16 brands into messaging so far this year, including Burger King, Sony Entertainment, FOX, Time Inc., Pernod Ricard, Comedy Central, The Houston Rockets, Trolli, VH1, Def Jam, LogoTV, and other best-in-class consumer brands. Their…
Andrew Zitek: Los Angeles
Security Check: Hi, I’m Andrew, a Freelance Software Engineer working mainly with NGOs. What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I’m from the greater Los Angeles area and I went to college in NYC. My heart is in both places now. My family and good friends from growing up are scattered on…
Fliptu: Los Angeles
As brand managers in our previous lives, Fliptu found it very frustrating that the content they published in the social sphere fell into the social media abyss within minutes. Their fans missed nearly everything they published, resulting in low engagement and poor ROI. There had to be a better method to engage with fans…so Fliptu…
Eenvoud: New York City
Eenvoud is an environmentally and ethically conscious womenswear label made in Brooklyn, New York. We were founded based on the need for minimalistic, yet intriguing garments to wear everyday, made in the most sustainable way possible. Our mission is to create the clothing that makes you feel beautiful and like yourself. To create the clothing…
Jesse Morris: Los Angeles
Security Check: I’m Jesse, and I’m the President and Partner at Spartan. We build website, apps and startup technology platforms. What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I’ve been in NYC for 6 years but just spent the most recent winter in Santa Monica. I was already traveling to LA for work and…
Two Bit Circus: Los Angeles
Two Bit Circus lives at the intersection of technology and spectacle. They engineer entertainment that is imaginative and interactive, blurring the line between physical and digital playgrounds to create a new world of social amusement.
LoveSocial: New York City
Lovesocial is an elite team of strategists, designers, writers and producers, who share a common passion for telling compelling multi-platform narratives for brands they love including NPR, Nike, Converse, Nature Conservancy amongst others. With a motto of “keep it simple, find the value and communicate it well,” they create strategies and creative rooted in establishing…
Dr. Crystal Dilworth: Los Angeles
Security Check: I’m a scientist, a communicator, and a TV/Internet host. My job is making scientific topics understandable and relevant to non-experts. Follow me on twitter and instagram. What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I am a former Hell’s Kitchen resident and modern dancer at the Ailey School in NYC turned science edutainer…
Runa: New York City
Runa is both a company making a delicious beverage and a social enterprise that partners with indigenous farmers in Ecuador who have grown Guayusa (a tea-like superleaf from the Amazon) for thousands of years in traditional “forest gardens”. Guayusa powers all of Runa’s beverages while driving sustainable livelihoods and conservation in Ecuador through the guayusa…
Brandon Deroche: Los Angeles
Security Check: I’m Brandon, and I connect entertainment, tech, and philanthropy to build really fun action campaigns that support causes with Urgency Network. What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I played in a band in Pennsylvania from ages 17-24 and most of our teams were based in New York & LA. When…
Vinyl: Los Angeles
Pick: Choose from our list of #vibes so we may hand-curate a stack of wax for you. Discover: Each month a surprise batch of beautiful 12″ LPs arrives to enliven your turntable. Repeat: Listen, love, how about some more? Learn more at: vnyl.org
tonefarmer: New York City
tonefarmer is a boutique music and sound design studio located in the heart of Chelsea in New York City. They’ve specialized in creating original music and sound design for picture since forming in 2001. You may have caught their Loctite jam on this year’s Super Bowl (the brain child of their friends at Fallon and…
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