Matthew Owens: New York City

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I moved originally to New York and recently to LA in order to help build the first General Assembly educational programs in these cities – courses in design, tech, and business disciplines where we get practitioners to teach their field to those who want to transition…

GoodPoint Co: New York City

Good Point PR & Consulting supports the growth of businesses that deeply consider their impact on the environment, employees, consumers and neighbors. Founder Jessica Saba and her team help thought leaders tell their stories to become public figures with the hopes of inspiring others to improve their choices. Our clients strive to continuously improve their…

Ron Goldin: Los Angeles

What’s your historical Los Angeles and New York connection? I was born in New York to 2nd generation Eastern European Jews who wanted some sunshine and frankly at the age of 3, I was ready for Hollywood, so we moved West. I’ve been back and forth twice – once for grad school (NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications…

Launch Education: Los Angeles

Launch Education Group provides premium in-home academic tutoring and test preparation to students in Los Angeles and New York City, always with the same objective: to help students achieve their full potential.

Backspaces: New York City

Backspaces is a free iPhone app that lets you tell stories with photos and text. Browse interesting topics like #history or #travel, follow other great storytellers and add your own story. Join more than 60,000 storytellers from all over the world. From the Street Banditos of Indonesia to amazing iphoneographers to the Imam of Kuwait’s…

Tim Urban: New York City

What’s your historical connection to Los Angeles and New York? (when did you move where) After growing up in Boston and going to college in Boston and hearing 22 straight years of Boston accents, I needed to get the hell away from the East Coast.  LA was a different planet, so that fit the bill…

BigFrame: Los Angeles

Big Frame is a leading media company in the YouTube entertainment space. Sarah Penna and her team are focused on building sustainable media brands around YouTube’s most influential channels, and connecting advertisers with their highly engaged audiences.

Shelby TV: New York CIty

Shelby TV and their awesome SXSW product: although still in private beta, Shelby.tv is quietly building the best place to discover and share video.  To show off some of their take on a lean-back video experience, they’ve launched http://sxsw.shelby.tv for the folks who can and especially for those who can’t make it to this year’s…

Erica Berger: New York City

What’s your historical connection to Los Angeles and New York? Growing up in Chicago, I had family living in Palm Springs, and ended up going to marine biology camp on Catalina Island in my teens. When the time for college came around, I fell in love with USC and decided to give LA a try….

Here on Biz: Los Angeles

Here On Biz mission is simple: ensure professionals never miss an opportunity. Whether that is alerting you when a potentially great connection is nearby when you’re traveling on business, allowing you to better connect and communicate at a conference, or letting you know when an old colleague is passing through town. Here On Biz is…

Flockd: New York City

To scale community, Marissa, a co-founder of Green Spaces in NYC and her friend Janice launched Flockd, an analog product for connectivity and productivity, inspired by the coworking movement and social concerns. It’s Marissa’s dream to create a new way for people to connect offline. It is Janice’s dream for everyone to live ‘on purpose’…

Asi Lang: New York City

What’s your historical connection to Los Angeles and New York? I grew up in Los Angeles and lived there till the age of 18 when I moved to Boston for school.  But NY always held my heart and I spent as much of my Boston career as possible down in NYC.  I pretty much knew…