Bottlenose: Los Angeles

Bottlenose Nerve Center™ is a trend intelligence application that changes how businesses solve real-time problems. Analyzing and acting on historical data used to be sufficient for business, but today, every brand is buffeted by constantly shifting threats and opportunities in a sea of overwhelming social noise. Bottlenose Nerve Center™ is the only complete solution to…

AHAlife: New York City

AHAlife is a curated marketplace for creative, inspiring objects. Their mission is to empower designers, artisans and innovators to thrive online and connect with people around the world. By combining the power of storytelling with commerce and curation, AHAlife is building a sustainable, full price, full value destination that merges exceptional design with intelligent content…

Max Lugavere: New York City

Security Check: Max is an artist, filmmaker, TV personality, and a gentleman. What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I grew up in the hills of NYC (Murray Hill to be exact) and have lived in LA for the past 10 years, the last 3 of which have been very bicoastal, roughly 6…

Pogoseat: Los Angeles

Pogoseat is an enterprise solution for sports teams and concert venues that enables their fans to upgrade seats and purchase unique experiences during events. Their mission is to provide fans with the ability to optimize their live entertainment experience, teams and venues via a platform to increase fan engagement, monetize unused inventory and gather data…

AIDS Service Center NYC: New York City

Not a company, but an amazing organization worth knowing about here in NYC… Founded 23 years ago to address community needs and provide support and services to those immediately affected by the AIDS Crisis of the 1980’s and ‘90’s, ASCNYCwas born out of an urgent need. Medical advances mean living with HIV/AIDS is no longer…

Kosta Grammatis: New York City

Security Check: Kosta is obsessed with bringing the Internet to all as the founder of the nonprofit A Human Right, the founder of the technology company Oluvus, and an on-air correspondent for Al Jazeera America’s show TechKnow. What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I was born in Brentwood, and raised in Simi Valley,…

HauteApp: Los Angeles

Haute is a self-curated and intuitive mobile shopping experience, making it simpler to shop, share, and discover. Partnered with over 12,000 fashion, lifestyle and home good brands, Haute puts all your favorite brands in one place, tailored just for you! Available on iOS and Android, if you’re frustrated with your mobile shopping experience, dowload Haute…

Wearable Experiments: New York City

Wearable Experiments [We:eX] is a socially driven wearable technology company. Their mission is to bring together fashion and technology with a functional design aesthetic, and use creative problem solving to help us live well and have a better quality of life.[We:eX] designs and builds hardware, software and the apparel for wearable technology products. Currently [We:eX] is…

Adam Banicki: New York City

Security Check: Adam is a documentary and non-fiction media producer. What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I started my career in Los Angeles working for the now Family Guy show runner, Rich Appel, back while he was co-creating the Family Guy spinoff, The Cleveland Show. After a couple seasons I moved to…

PropperDaley: Los Angeles

PropperDaley creates and implements holistic strategies to drive measurable social impact. From the public policy arena to the entertainment industry, they leverage every resource to produce outcome-driven solutions for businesses, individuals, organizations and causes. Managing campaigns with the likes of The Clinton Foundation, ServiceNation, Melissa Etheridge, and Tobey Maguire, and building platforms like Intercast, in…

Sawhorse Media: New York City

Sawhorse Media is the tech startup behind Muck Rack and the Shorty Awards. Muck Rack allows you to tell your story to the media by pitching journalists on story ideas, getting alerts when journalists mention your brand or keyword, and measuring the impact of your PR efforts. Journalists use Muck Rack to manage their online…

Jean-Christophe Dick: Los Angeles

Security Check: JC daylights as an airport and aviation consultant, and moonlights as a photographer and pilot. You can find his incredible pictures of his travels here. What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I was born in 1980 in Manhattan and lived in Brooklyn for my early formative years until the age…