Curbside Commuters was created to give today’s environmentally-savvy and cost-conscious commuters a better way to move around. They believe in doing their part to reduce the carbon footprint while also helping city dwellers to outsmart traffic and improve health and overall quality of life.
appLOUD: New York City
Enjoy live music feeds submitted by artists and fans worldwide. Join appLOUD’s community of live music fans to watch the shows you’re missing and tip artists you love, while sharing your own videos of live music you witness– from street artists to festivals. Built in Brooklyn, appLOUD empowers fans to help support artists. From the videos, you…
Monospace: Los Angeles
Monospace is a web-based social customer support software that combines all of your support interactions into one simple interface.
Breather: New York City
Breather was born out of the necessity to find practical spaces to host meetings or decompress after a long day – at home or abroad. It’s an environment beyond an office, home or neighborhood coffee shop. In effect, Breather is whatever you want it to be: a space to decompress after a long day, meet…
Bell Acton: Los Angeles
Security Check: Feel free to call me Bella. I’m an obsessive compulsive inventor. I work as an innovation consultant and run my own startup called Never Liked It Anyway. What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? New York has been my home for the last 5 years and LA is set to become…
Squawkin: Los Angeles
Squawkin is a technology company based in Pasadena, California. Their mission is to build a better-connected tomorrow by improving the speed, stability, and security of real-time communication today. With Squawkin, you can whisper with friends, share in groups, or shout to crowds. They envision a world in which communications technology lets every voice be heard,…
Forever Beta: New York City
The passion and purpose behind advertising and innovation agency Forever Beta is in it’s name. The agency has a core belief that the world is always in beta, always testing, evolving and iterating, and in turn so should brands and business. Gone are the days where one product and one TV spot that takes 18…
Rebecca Kantar: Los Angeles
Security Check: (Technically) at GLG Share, and (usually) a Protagonist. What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I started flying to LA while at Harvard mainly to film celebrities speaking out against child sex trafficking on behalf of my nonprofit, Minga. I fell in love with LA and my (now) best friends there….
Kharity: Los Angeles
Kharity is a charitable eCommerce marketplace, enabling all brands to be philanthropic. With EVERY sale 10% is donated to charity. Consumer products are rarely a need and often a luxury; so Kharity has created a marketplace that promotes philanthropy. Kharity believes that every purchase can be a positive purchase.
NationSwell: New York City
NationSwell is a multi-platform media company and membership network that finds and advances solutions to America’s greatest problems. They do this through a digital platform with powerful stories about innovators and change-makers who are moving America forward. The NationSwell site encourages readers to take action by providing clear calls to action. Additionally, NationSwell Council is…
Ashley Tyson: Los Angeles
Security Check: Currently Ashley does things in emerging tech; mostly 3d printing and bitcoin. She’s also working on developing an event series that brings together do-gooders, entrepreneurs, creatives, techno-anarchists, criminals and politicians to create a dialogue around topics and ideas that are ugly, controversial, and/or misunderstood. What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I’ve always…
Trippy: Los Angeles
Trippy exists to encourage more people to travel. Like Quora for travel, Trippy’s community leans on each other to answer questions and provide travel recommendations. The team behind Trippy believes travel makes the world a better place. Experiencing new places, cultures, and people leads to tolerance, understanding and empathy. Trippy is a community of travelers…
