Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in New York.
Business Designer. Previously UX Designer + Innovation Strategist. Former @adaptive-path + @nike consultant.
Investor; Founder & CEO of @behance; Author of Making Ideas Happen; Adobe's VP Products/Community; Eternal Student.
http://99u.com
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.
Founder of @stream & @maz. Instructor at @general-assembly. Designer. Entrepreneur. UX aficionado. Inc.'s 30 Under 30. Formerly at @apple.
http://paulthewizard.com
Current: Engineer / growth @angellist; Former team @hotornot-com , @microsoft ; Founder @lookmark, @megatasty; CS @university-of-michigan
http://blog.zohrob.com
Currently at @gobbler • Worked at @apple, @line-6 • Studied at @berklee-college-of-music, @azusa-pacific-university
@uwaterloo Alum. CEO & Founder @flinja. General Partner @X-Fund, Engineer by trade, built largest insurance eApp and CRM, hired over 500 people, Grew ARR to 50M
Mobile Product Designer at BuzzFeed and formerly Animoto. Previously Front-End Web Developer at Eventbrite and Yahoo.
Serial entrepreneur (@feedburner sold to @google, @spyonit sold to 724 Solutions), designer, pilot. My head is full of zero-billion dollar business ideas.
Founder @heynow, @pencil-labs and @vlingo • Studied at @tufts-university. MS in CS and HCI • Experienced iOS / Android hacker • Serious about design
Worked at @union-square-ventures, @cisco • Investor @union-square-ventures • Studied at @princeton-university
http://blog.garychou.com
Product Designer @quirky. Previous: founder at @publikdemand, @keepstream (acquired by @infochimps), @infochimps Director of UX.
Co-Founder of Flatiron Health, previously Co-Founder/CEO of @invite-media
http://www.natsturner.com
Partner @homebrew. Formerly VP Product at @twitter, ex-Google PM, ex-Partner at @battery-ventures. Penn educated. Vegas raised.
http://www.venturegeneratedcontent.com/
Writer, designer. Previously product designer for @flipboard. Advisor for @medium, @955dreams. Mentor at @500startups & @designer-fund. Investor in @oyster, @editorially, @tokyo-otaku-mode, @timbuktu-labs. 2011 TechFellow. 2012 MacDowell fellow.
http://craigmod.com/journal/
Founder of @nuji. Previously worked at @yahoo, @havas and various digital agencies in @london and abroad in @strategy and @user Experience Design
http://blog.nuji.com
Co-founder of Fleep
UX Designer in NYC
Worked in Techstars NYC, alumni of Start-Up Chile
Founder, PLOW. Co-founder, CSO of Evidon. Previously a product and BD exec at TRUSTe. Specialize in product strategy, sales, marketing, and execution.
Passionate about music, food, photography, and beautiful things. @pokenewyork by day, restaurant hopper by night.
http://chufucious.tumblr.com/
Founder @kitchensurfing
http://www.borahm.com
Human being, aspiring man. @sharesquare-beastmode-fm • @startupdigest LA • #DTLA
http://blog.beastmode.fm
Founder @makers-row, @closingbell - Crowdsourced Stock Tips
Lead Product Designer at @behance / @adobe-systems
http://clementfaydi.com/73660/blog
Product Designer at Telecast (at Betaworks.) Champion of human-centric design principles. Worked at Miso, Pocket, and GetGlue. Design MFA from CCA.
Venture founding & advising -funding & traction strategies. Recipient- Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. Founded 1st MVNO in the U.S. & acquired by T-Mobile
Co-Founder of @UBD and @highlightercom. Passionate about building great companies and working with inspiring people.
http://JoshMullineaux.com
Product Manager, Designer, Developer, Geek of all trades. @accomplsh @birchbox @etsy @flickr @yahoo. @cornell-university alum
http://jennvargas.com/thoughts
Co-founder at Sunrise. Formerly designing @foursquare.
Helping with everything at Faithstreet. Passionate about product and user experience.
http://www.thedesignnerds.com
Worked at @lyft, @square • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university • chrismgrant.com
Design Chief at Blade, LLC.
Former President at Ministry of Supply, CXO at Gemvara, Director of UX at Gilt Groupe and Zappos.
Cofounder at feedly. Partner at Makers Camp.
I design, build and ship products. All the time.
http://breakthebit.org
Co-Founder of @javelin
Designer founder @jukely. Previously: first designer at @kickstarter (2010-2013) Nominated one of the Best Designers in Technology by @business-insider (2013)
http://amotion.me
Serial entrepreneur. Startup Visa Activist (Directed "Starting-Up in America"). EFREI Paris / UC London / Beijing Tech M.Sc. 2007.
http://blog.tajn.net
Founded @flud 1st social news reader, strong award winning product background, contract designed with Apple, Google, Dreamworks. Now a Director at Blue Shield.
http://www.bobbyonboard.com
CEO of @agility IO • Mentor at @500startups • Worked at @loopt @goldman-sachs, @bank-of-america, @lab49 • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
Co-founder, head of product at @caliber . BA Economics. MFA Design & Technology.
Designer, developer, builder, entrepreneur, mentor. First designer at @groupon. Currently Head of Platform Experience @quirky
@curioos Founder, CEO & Chief Curator.
Founder, CEO @socure. Serial entrepreneur with 20 years experience mostly focused on enterprise security and social marketing product, sales and post-sales.
Co-founder of @seedinvest; Spent time at @francisco-partners, @morgan-stanley IBD (Technology Group), @cisco, @riot-games. MBA @wharton-school School 2012, UG Finance/CS @university-of-pennsylvania
Product Designer at @kickstarter . Previously at @forrst and @barkbox. A complete idiot.
Founder / Product Designer of @days-by-wander (acquired by @yahoo) Founder of Designers Debate Club (@designdebaters). Gamer, cyclist, Korean speaker.
http://blog.keenancummings.com
Founder & CEO of @astro. Former developer at @lot18, @chartbeat. Manager at @crestron-electronics.
Founder, Jayesh is Picatic’s public face and voice. As CEO his primary responsible for overseeing product strategy & vision.
http://www.picatic.com/blog/
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Creator @bench-fitness , Tech Lead at @the-huffington-post , CTO/Co-Founder @localocracy (sold to Aol in 2011).
http://asoul.es
Versatile product & UX designer for 10+ years. Lead Design at @pickie-acquired-by-retailmenot. Formerly @montaj, @maya-design, @deeplocal and @yahoo. Masters in HCI from CMU.
MA in Interactive Design, Entrepreneur, Founder @apppulp , Worked @adobe-systems
Product designer with consumer and enterprise expertise.
Lead design & product @turntable-fm, founded @jotlet-llc (sold to @jive-software ).
Head of Product @neongrid. Co-founder @slated. Founder and Exec Creative Director of @katharsis.
http://slatedblog.posterous.com
VP Product Experience @capture-media-inc-1, Co-founder of Boxcar, Partner at Eastmedia, and UX and Product Advisor. Love to help entrepreneurs create great products.
http://productcraft.com
Product Manager / Consumer Software Developer / UX Engineer
Founder @kinnek , Time @oliver-wyman @j-p-morgan-1, Study @cornell-university, Passion @basketball
Early employee at @youtube • Studied at UC @university-of-california-berkeley School of Information • Expert at User Centered Design
Chief Product Officer at @catchpoint-systems Inc.
http://blog.catchpoint.com
Sr. Designer and Head of Mobile for Behance - an Adobe Company. Formerly a Digital VP at Atlantic Records and a lead designer for Warner Music Group.
http://www.ericpaulsnowden.com/blog/#/featured
CMU HCI grad; 7 years of web and mobile coding; Interface Developer, Interaction Designer.
founder @unvael-fm. founded @pict (@angelpad S12, acquired by @popsugar). founded @vael-project (manufacturing/footwear brand). engineer @broadcom
Full Stack Developer
Princeton ‘15 · CS + Design · Prev @angellist @dorm-room-fund @addepar
Content Strategist @blogtalkradio (formerly @vaynermedia and @general-assembly). Founder @feasted Alum of @stanford-university & @claremont-mckenna-college-1.
Founder of @poptip; CEO & Head of Product Development
http://kfalter.com
Head of Product @matter-io
Former NASA funded physicist turned Product Designer and Creative Director. I build UX/UI for industries that have never had UX/UI.
http://artisconcept.com
Product Designer and Front-End Developer who likes making websites that are easy to use and easy on the eyes.
UX Director at @secondmarket. Ex-Yahoo. Former Frontend Developer. @carnegie-mellon-university MHCI. Dataviz nerd. Product-y. Focused on webapps for complex workflows.
Product designer @xero, UI/UX design for Web, iOS, Android, and Windows 8
Founder at @rollinglobe • Director at Millennials in Travel • Worked at @yahoo
Co-founder, Chief Designer & Technologist @timescape Previously: User experience designer at @yahoo and Y! Brickhouse. From @tisch-school-of-the-arts, NYU and Srishti in Bangalore.
http://recombine.net
Designer & Entrepreneur I Founder @butterscotch-labs
Senior product designer at Karma. Co-founder of app development company doubleswitch and mobile user interface expert. Previously at frog.
UX and Operations guy. Previously with Intel, Stanford & AppFolio. Consulted for LinkedIn & was a founding member of the Raskin Center for Humane Interfaces.
Merchbar Founder & CEO. Designer.
Prev: Founder & CEO of Swift.fm (acq 2012).
Special projects @ Red Bull, Pono, Drip.fm
http://aten.co
Product Designer & Director • Former Head of Design @gree, Lead designer @nokia , @yahoo • Game designer @area/code, @freeverse • NYU ITP alum • CCA professor
Designer at @chloe-isabel. Worked at @yipit and @seatgeek
CEO at Spotnight. Product manager, coder, data guy. Previously cofounded 3 startups. Ex Booz&Co consultant, math grad at Oxford Uni, Singularity Uni GSP'11.
http://brazilhacks.com/
i want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always, forever, now
http://blog.postarchitectural.com
Founder @collabfinder • One exit • Award winning designer who's worked for startups like @squidoo, @betaworks and more • Studied at @ucla
Strong expertise on Mobile Products. Development & Design. Partner @ SwishLabs. Previously CEO @venio; PM @Theknetwork. Studied @mcgill-university
http://swishlabs.co/blog
Currently Dir of Design of msnbc.com. Prev Head of UX&D for @bbc iPlayer, Head of UXD & Product for Huffington Post. Specialize in 'Three Screen' emerging media
http://app.itize.us
BD + Marketing at FiscalNote. Previously at ACCION, StackMob (acquired by PayPal), Standard Chartered Bank, and Infosys.
http://crystaly.wordpress.com
Product Mngmt & Dvlpmnt for @digital-media, @advertising, & @analytics. Ad tech & marketing tech veteran, 2 coasts. Early @doubleclick @google-doubleclick.
http://gjb.tumblr.com
Associate UI Designer @salesforce marketing cloud - Formerly @panelfly, @pratt-institute-1 - Graphic Design.
Focused on UI / UX and Front-End Architecture
Founder @designbymagik • Worked at @sefaira • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university, @new-jersey-institute-of-technology
http://jeremygayed.carbonmade.com/
Founded Tripl (Venture Backed), Built Course with GA & Facebook, UI/UX Designer, Hustler, Creative Technologist
http://www.back2brooklyn.com
Northeastern University Graphic Design/Interactive Media. Currently UX at PayPal. Currently freelancing for a mobile app, a digital publication app, and a few websites.
DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
Lead Restaurant Network Trainer @grubhub-inc-1 @seamlessweb CoFounder of @citymixin. 1st tech startup in highschool. BS Organizational Leadership Penn State.
UX Designer @gilt-groupe
http://parkd.tumblr.com
Narcoleptic entrepreneur with a passion for design. Cofounded @trubalance @well-crafted @the-mill-1. Worked at @handshake / @inkd / @imagekind.
designing usability. Information Architecture and Experience Design guru design award ArtDirectorsClub & Wallapper Mag.@design #reallygood #onscreen
Engineering Intern at @twitter. @middlebury-college Student. Co-founder @strabo.
Founder @homepolish • coded @buzzfeed • closed $1BN Tech M&A for @union Square Advisors • B.S. Mathematical Economics
http://willnathan.com
I nudge pixels at 3200% in NYC.
Web Technologist in NYC, @locality-1 Lead Dev
Ex-standup comedian. Built @Liquid/Spinlister to 1.5k owners in 100+ countries. @university-of-southern-california Business. Designer. I'll say hello to my mother for you.
http://www.blog.willdennis.com
Product Designer @quirky working on iOS and E-commerce. Co-founder of Paid, an iPhone app to manage your Stripe account. Built Folllowing.com. Formerly @groupon
Founder, CEO @busy, Previously Creative Director at @fancy
Co-Founder/CCO: PICT, @kharmanyc. Advertising Creative Director (7 yrs., Ray-Ban, Adidas, Nike). I make people want stuff.
I design experiences that, in addition to being visually pleasing, are rational, conscious and tactile.
UX/Product Designer w/a goofy golden retriever. Interested in tech, music, traveling, scrabble, random acts of kindness, & food. ITP/NYU & TechStars NYC Alum.
Product Guy, Technology and Design Enthusiast, Aspiring Astronaut
Principal UI Designer @aol previously at @amazon @the-walt-disney-company • Loves fashion, design and modern art • Studied at @university-of-toronto
Founder @nlytics. Data/Information/+ UX Nerd. Alum of @reachlocal-nasdaq-rloc + @bizzy. Early College Graduate from @MaryBaldwinCollege. Political Science PhD Dropout.
Boston University Senior with Experience in Digital Media, Ecommerce, and Marketing Research
Formerly co-founded @swig-5; product design lead for @mitro-lectorius-inc and @socialflow; consulted on @hashtack, @paay, @cheekd, @consumr.
UI/UX Designer & Creative Director. Currently on the Product Team of @okcupid ; Previously CCO and Product Lead for @clothia . As Creative Director, I've lead the design and build of @fashion and @beauty sites for brands like Estee Lauder, P&G Beauty an
Web, Mobile, UI / UX Design @ BBDO.com CSOD.com NURV.nu ( AAU Alumni )
https://www.facebook.com/JessicaLevaton
Design & product with a dash of marketing. Made @ketup. Helped make @pandora & @goodguide. Studied @university-of-california-berkeley. Currently consulting & experimenting.
Valedictorian of Parsons School of Design, 2009. Currently working at a startup as lead designer since 2010.
Independent design / technical consultant. Previously @groupon, @gympact, @tapforge, @oneforty. Globe-trotter, author, proud college stop-out.
Social Design Strategist. Formerly @facebook , @google , @apple. BSE in Computer Graphics + Psychology from @university-of-pennsylvania. Now Founder @voxle
http://www.FishoftheBay.com
TEDx Speaker. CEO of @slidebean. Designer. Startup Chile and DreamIt Ventures Alumnus. 40-under-40 Costa Rican innovator.
http://caya.me
Creative Technologist
http://ckorhonen.net
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at @new-hive. Design, information architecture, UI, UX, graphics. Founder of Culture Designs, worked at @microsoft , Coach, CorchiaWolinerRhoda, TransWorld.
http://culturedesigns.com/
Co-Founder and Product Designer @kanvas
Co-Founder, Spright.ly; Co-Founder Market Publique; Director of Product, Fashism
MFA Design & Technology at Parsons
http://blog.marketpublique.com
Serial entrepreneur. Strong biz background (@bain-company , @bridgewater-associates, @microsoft) & education (@stanford-university, Harvard, @university-of-california-berkeley)
Creative Director and Studio Director at The Mobile Majority, Co-founder spotsi, MFA Design as Entrepreneur SVA, worked in adverting, tech, social, mobile.
http://www.majority.co
UI/UX Designer, Front-End Developer, Creative Director.
Villain.
http://dcurt.is
Founder + CEO of @makr. Background in design, UI/UX. Graduate of @carnegie-mellon-university.
http://www.makrplace.com/blog/
VP Product at Vocativ. Past Director of Product, The Huffington Post; Founder, Adaptive Semantics; StartupBus 2012. Media, Data, Community, Automation.
Product Manager with variety of experiences building products from scratching, optimizing existing products, leading cross-functional teams, and managing PMs.
Product Design @pinterest. Previously @good.
http://www.tomorrowthings.com
UX Designer, Dartmouth grad
Founder nLytics • Worked at @the-jar-group, @bizzy, @reachlocal-nasdaq-rloc • Studied at @university-of-north-texas
http://blog.theclayfox.com
Designer & Programmer • Founder @bitcast-io • Worked at @shelby-tv • Studied at @vanderbilt-university
http://zach.sh
Founder Rewind Radio • Worked at @intent-media • Studied at @quinnipiac-university
Sr. Designer at The Huffington Post. UnionDocs Alumni. Documentary Artist. 6+ years creating UI/UX for web, mobile, advertising and social.
http://blog.lucascarlisle.com/
Developer, fan of complex adaptive systems.
Co-Founder at @cord
Previously Creative Lead at @google
Founder & Principal @planetary
http://notes.gross.is
Collaborative UX leader
UX consultant for startups. Instructor for @general-assembly, Coach @startupweekend. Worked at @appnexus, @joor @advomatic . BA @claremont-mckenna-college, Master IxD @domus-academy
http://uxblitz.com
Creative director and manager of design teams (UX, UI, motion, interaction, product, and marketing). Worked for Animoto, Food Network, CBS, and Obama (2008).
Award winning, User Experience Director and creative technologist with a goal to construct a conceptual design that is intuitive for excellence.
http://medium.com/@six_agency
Designer @ betaworks, xoogler, xyahoo, residing in Brooklyn. http://t.co/lxqHlznAGA
Designer, entrepreneur, & student studying at @ConnCollege | Currently Platform User Experience Intern @quirky | Previously @getUni, @bitly, and @chartbeat
Product Designer / Art Director
Digital Product Designer at General Assembly. Strong background in UX/UI and branding. RISD grad, BA in Graphic Design.
http://reneerenay.tumblr.com
Design Strategist at Healthagen. Former Director-UX Design for MTV/VH1 Digital Product, and design lead at Fortune 500s. Consulted for food52, bit.ly, Fotolog.
Founder & CEO @reaction. Former Principal Designer @frog-design for clients like HP, Comcast, Honeywell, & Disney. Business strategist & frequent TED speaker.
Junior Ruby on Rails developer, graduate of General Assembly's WDI (Web Development Immersive) course. Brazilian. Techie. Learn-hungry.
Partner @swiss-commerce, Investor @retailmls / @clickandsend / @ask-a-nerd, @heavenlysinful
Tish Shute, Product Design, Founding Team, @syntertainment and co-founder of Augmented World Expo. Tish is an entrepreneur, designer, synthesist and world changer, currently working with Will Wright and Syntertainment on the next big thing!
http://ugotrade.com
HF @ IDEO | interaction design | product research | techstars mentor | 2012 SVA MFA IxD | INTP
Product Designer @dash-1 with a passion for designing simple and clear interfaces for almost every device which offers a display.
Co-founder & Designer at @marquee. Previously built Exoutlet & Policus. NY @techstars
Visual User Interface Designer. Former startup employee. Advertising and marketing professional with UX background. @boston-college grad. Short.
Founder at @tastemaker • Worked at @gilt Groupe • Studied at University of California, @university-of-california-berkeley
http://www.triestherlon.com
CEO @ministore, Llaunched nat'l magazine at 20, diverse engineer, backed by NY Angels ran edu and gaming start ups with exits. Fluent in startup.
http://about.me/lifestander
UX Designer and Product Manager. ITP graduate. 8+ years of experience doing UX Design for non-profits, big brands, and startups.
Head Visual and Interactive Designer at @slice-1, Contract designer at fka Samplista @embly • Studied at @rochester-institute-of-technology
UX & Visual Designer, Graduate of UC Berkeley's School of Information, Generalist, Fast Learner.
Product owner by way of designer by way of engineer. I make products for millions of people.
http://blog.brianmcconnell.me/
Creative Director/CTO of @atavist. First startup, following 10+ years of freelance.
A sunny day is a good day
Product Strategy, Design & User Experience
Experience Design Lead @airbnb. Co-author of @thebeerbook and an alright dude.
Invention Ambassador @quirky. Past: founder of LaserJockey Inc.