What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I grew up in LA, then shipped myself off to Syracuse, which friends seem to think was motivated by a profound self-loathing. NYC was a natural next step. Describe your experience in NYC. I arrived in February ’09 and luckily was able to plug right into…
GumGum: Los Angeles
GumGum invented the image-based advertising category and has grown to become the largest premium in-image advertising platform for publishers and brands. Reaching 60 million unique visitors per month across billions of images on hundreds of premium websites, GumGum’s patented image recognition and contextual targeting technology overlays highly targeted rich media display advertising units across the…
Startup Threads: New York City
Startup Threads is the all-in-one solution for companies to handle their merchandise marketing. ST wants to make it easy for you to get the merchandise you need, so you can focus on the rest of your business. Startup Threads help companies design, print and ship their swag on demand. Their simple web interface lets companies…
H Alan Scott: Los Angeles
What’s your historical LA and New York connection? I moved to New York on vacation. For a short while I worked in politics before transitioning into non-profit event planning while trying to make comedy happen. Eventually I got a job that allowed me to split my time between New York and LA, which helped establish…
Swagbucks: Los Angeles
Swagbucks is the premier loyalty program on the web. You may be rewarded with Swag Bucks, the global Reward currency, just like credit card loyalty points. Through their online loyalty programs, you can earn Swag Bucks for activities that you already do online every day. Members love them because they can work from home, all…
STELLAService: New York City
STELLAService is dedicated to customer service – helping consumers find it and helping businesses achieve it. They are the first and only independent provider of customer service ratings for online retailers. How does STELLAService collect this data? They go shopping every day. Through a process audited by global accounting and auditing firm KPMG, STELLAService analysts…
Malcolm Ong: New York City
What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I grew up in LA (specifically OC) before going to college in Pittsburgh. After college, I lived in Austin for a couple years before moving to New York, where I’ve been for over 5 years now, settling in Williamsburg. I’ve always called both LA and, recently,…
ArborBridge: Los Angeles
ArborBridge prepares students for US college admissions success by guiding them to higher SAT scores and better grades. Our tutors connect seamlessly with students, one-on-one, using cutting-edge online tutoring technology.
KLINE: New York City
KLINE is a new analog sketchbook and journal that features vellum, stock, and/or watercolor paper co-layered into a single hardbound cotton covered book. Recently launched via Kickstarter (and having achieved its goal in exactly 7 days), their unique lineup of layered sketchbooks and journals are designed to raise your creative potential for the 21st century….
Ryan Mcree: Los Angeles
What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I grew up in Westchester county New York, about 30 miles north of the city. I moved to LA after I graduated from Fairfield University in Connecticut. Most of the friends I grew up with moved to NYC after school, but being a bit of a…
AlumniFunder: Los Angeles
AlumniFunder, a crowdfunding platform for university networks that helps create a deeper relationship between current students and amongst alumni, recently launched at Georgetown, Princeton, and Berkeley, and will be coming to a school near you soon. The company supports collegiate entrepreneurship and creativity by giving alumni a kickstarter-like platform by which they can support innovative…
The Atavist: New York City
The Atavist app offers a new kind of nonfiction storytelling. Each monthly issue contains one nonfiction story, longer than a magazine article but shorter than a book, reported and written by skillful, award-winning nonfiction authors. Each comes with a full audiobook, video, maps, timelines, interactive graphics, and much more. The Atavist app is free to…
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