What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I lived in NYC for most of my life, moved to manhattan the summer before high school and stayed for close to 20 years. I didn’t leave until 3 months ago when I moved to LA to work for the Sundance Institute. Describe your experience in…
Carapace: Los Angeles
In December of 2011, fed up with the poor fitting, low quality wetsuits on the market, co-founder Alex Wang started obsessing over how and if a high quality, custom-fit and affordable wetsuit could be built. After months of research, he teamed up with fellow waterman Andrew Park and together, they decided to take the leap…
Enstitute: New York City
Enstitute, a national non-profit, is reinventing apprenticeships for 21st century careers. Working to address both the growing cost of higher education as well as the current youth unemployment crisis, Enstitute provides students with 1-2 year paid, full-time, apprenticeships at high growth startups/businesses and corporations around the country as an alternative or supplement to traditional university. Launched…
Haley Greenwald-Gonella: New York City
What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? My mom is a Brooklyn girl, so when I was growing up I thought I was New Yorkish, in addition to being an Eastern European mutt, which I guess is sort of the same thing. I grew up in the Central Valley in Northern California and…
Retention Science: Los Angeles
Retention Science leverages big data algorithms to help e-commerce companies retain and re-engage customers to maximize customer lifetime value. Our SaaS profiling engine uses machine learning techniques to predict customer behaviors based on massive data sets to automatically create individually-tailored retention campaigns.
Cookbook Create: New York City
Cookbook Create helps people tell their story through food by providing a print-on-demand platform for cookbooks. Their beautiful and fun product helps people easily collect recipes from different sources and design their own custom cookbooks to be ordered by mail. Anna, the founder, was inspired to build this company when one day she was looking…
Brandon Martinez: Los Angeles
What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I was born in Brooklyn and I have family in upstate New York. But after college, knowing I wanted to work in entertainment, I packed up my stuff and drove out to LA with my dog. I knew nobody and nothing. Scouring Craigslist and other websites,…
Chill: Los Angeles
Chill is not your normal company. Nor do they aspire to be. Chill is a collection of curious people located on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, California. Founded by Brian Norgard and Daniel Gould (and funded by Kleiner Perkins, WME, Atlas Ventures and Stanford University,) Chill is equal parts technology and entertainment company. Their mission is…
Of a Kind: New York City
Founded in November 2010, Of a Kind promotes emerging fashion designers through integrated retail and editorial content. Each week, designers are commissioned to create limited-edition, exclusive pieces, which are released in conjunction with articles detailing the back-stories of each designer. Of a Kind offers a new way to engage with products and content, enhancing the…
Ross Felix: Los Angeles
What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I was born and raised in the NYC area. With the exception of college, I spent the first 38 years of my life in the NYC area. I was lucky enough to meet an incredible woman (after a very long and crazy search) who has grown…
VNTANA: Los Angeles
VNTANA’s mission is to connect artists to more fans around the world by creating parties without boundaries. VNTANA holographically live streams performing artists across the globe without the need of a studio. All they need is their camera and laptop to send holograms and HD audio to venues around the world making displays like the…
Knock Twice: New York City
Knock Twice is a hybrid communications agency that helps companies share their stories through content strategy and PR. Big agency talent with small agency grit, their team consists of a potent blend of weird brains, creative storytellers, and resourceful professionals. From the world’s biggest brands to the smallest startups, Knock Twice helps their clients build…
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