Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in New York.
Investor; Founder & CEO of @behance; Author of Making Ideas Happen; Adobe's VP Products/Community; Eternal Student.
http://99u.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/
Serial entrepreneur (@feedburner sold to @google, @spyonit sold to 724 Solutions), designer, pilot. My head is full of zero-billion dollar business ideas.
Business Designer. Previously UX Designer + Innovation Strategist. Former @adaptive-path + @nike consultant.
Product Designer @quirky. Previous: founder at @publikdemand, @keepstream (acquired by @infochimps), @infochimps Director of UX.
Founder, PLOW. Co-founder, CSO of Evidon. Previously a product and BD exec at TRUSTe. Specialize in product strategy, sales, marketing, and execution.
@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
Current: Engineer / growth @angellist; Former team @hotornot-com , @microsoft ; Founder @lookmark, @megatasty; CS @university-of-michigan
http://blog.zohrob.com
Founder of @stream & @maz. Instructor at @general-assembly. Designer. Entrepreneur. UX aficionado. Inc.'s 30 Under 30. Formerly at @apple.
http://paulthewizard.com
Founder @heynow, @pencil-labs and @vlingo • Studied at @tufts-university. MS in CS and HCI • Experienced iOS / Android hacker • Serious about design
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 @kitchensurfing
http://www.borahm.com
Co-Founder of Flatiron Health, previously Co-Founder/CEO of @invite-media
http://www.natsturner.com
Human being, aspiring man. @sharesquare-beastmode-fm • @startupdigest LA • #DTLA
http://blog.beastmode.fm
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.
Partner @homebrew. Formerly VP Product at @twitter, ex-Google PM, ex-Partner at @battery-ventures. Penn educated. Vegas raised.
http://www.venturegeneratedcontent.com/
Currently at @gobbler • Worked at @apple, @line-6 • Studied at @berklee-college-of-music, @azusa-pacific-university
Mobile Product Designer at BuzzFeed and formerly Animoto. Previously Front-End Web Developer at Eventbrite and Yahoo.
Passionate about music, food, photography, and beautiful things. @pokenewyork by day, restaurant hopper by night.
http://chufucious.tumblr.com/
Worked at @union-square-ventures, @cisco • Investor @union-square-ventures • Studied at @princeton-university
http://blog.garychou.com
Helping with everything at Faithstreet. Passionate about product and user experience.
http://www.thedesignnerds.com
I design, build and ship products. All the time.
http://breakthebit.org
CEO of @agility IO • Mentor at @500startups • Worked at @loopt @goldman-sachs, @bank-of-america, @lab49 • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
Lead Product Designer at @behance / @adobe-systems
http://clementfaydi.com/73660/blog
Co-founder at Sunrise. Formerly designing @foursquare.
Cofounder at feedly. Partner at Makers Camp.
Product Designer at Telecast (at Betaworks.) Champion of human-centric design principles. Worked at Miso, Pocket, and GetGlue. Design MFA from CCA.
Co-founder, head of product at @caliber . BA Economics. MFA Design & Technology.
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
Worked at @lyft, @square • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university • chrismgrant.com
Serial entrepreneur. Startup Visa Activist (Directed "Starting-Up in America"). EFREI Paris / UC London / Beijing Tech M.Sc. 2007.
http://blog.tajn.net
Founder, CEO @socure. Serial entrepreneur with 20 years experience mostly focused on enterprise security and social marketing product, sales and post-sales.
@curioos Founder, CEO & Chief Curator.
Co-Founder of @UBD and @highlightercom. Passionate about building great companies and working with inspiring people.
http://JoshMullineaux.com
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
Founder @makers-row, @closingbell - Crowdsourced Stock Tips
Venture founding & advising -funding & traction strategies. Recipient- Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. Founded 1st MVNO in the U.S. & acquired by T-Mobile
Design Chief at Blade, LLC.
Former President at Ministry of Supply, CXO at Gemvara, Director of UX at Gilt Groupe and Zappos.
Co-Founder of @javelin
Designer, developer, builder, entrepreneur, mentor. First designer at @groupon. Currently Head of Platform Experience @quirky
Product Manager, Designer, Developer, Geek of all trades. @accomplsh @birchbox @etsy @flickr @yahoo. @cornell-university alum
http://jennvargas.com/thoughts
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.
Product Designer at @kickstarter . Previously at @forrst and @barkbox. A complete idiot.
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
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
MA in Interactive Design, Entrepreneur, Founder @apppulp , Worked @adobe-systems
Founder & CEO of @astro. Former developer at @lot18, @chartbeat. Manager at @crestron-electronics.
founder @unvael-fm. founded @pict (@angelpad S12, acquired by @popsugar). founded @vael-project (manufacturing/footwear brand). engineer @broadcom
Chief Product Officer at @catchpoint-systems Inc.
http://blog.catchpoint.com
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.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
Product Manager / Consumer Software Developer / UX Engineer
Product designer with consumer and enterprise expertise.
Lead design & product @turntable-fm, founded @jotlet-llc (sold to @jive-software ).
Founder @kinnek , Time @oliver-wyman @j-p-morgan-1, Study @cornell-university, Passion @basketball
Full Stack Developer
Early employee at @youtube • Studied at UC @university-of-california-berkeley School of Information • Expert at User Centered Design
Princeton ‘15 · CS + Design · Prev @angellist @dorm-room-fund @addepar
Founder, Jayesh is Picatic’s public face and voice. As CEO his primary responsible for overseeing product strategy & vision.
http://www.picatic.com/blog/
Head of Product @neongrid. Co-founder @slated. Founder and Exec Creative Director of @katharsis.
http://slatedblog.posterous.com
Creator @bench-fitness , Tech Lead at @the-huffington-post , CTO/Co-Founder @localocracy (sold to Aol in 2011).
http://asoul.es
Founder / Product Designer of @days-by-wander (acquired by @yahoo) Founder of Designers Debate Club (@designdebaters). Gamer, cyclist, Korean speaker.
http://blog.keenancummings.com
CMU HCI grad; 7 years of web and mobile coding; Interface Developer, Interaction Designer.
Merchbar Founder & CEO. Designer.
Prev: Founder & CEO of Swift.fm (acq 2012).
Special projects @ Red Bull, Pono, Drip.fm
http://aten.co
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
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/
UX and Operations guy. Previously with Intel, Stanford & AppFolio. Consulted for LinkedIn & was a founding member of the Raskin Center for Humane Interfaces.
Product Designer & Director • Former Head of Design @gree, Lead designer @nokia , @yahoo • Game designer @area/code, @freeverse • NYU ITP alum • CCA professor
i want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always, forever, now
http://blog.postarchitectural.com
Founder of @poptip; CEO & Head of Product Development
http://kfalter.com
Founder at @rollinglobe • Director at Millennials in Travel • Worked at @yahoo
Senior product designer at Karma. Co-founder of app development company doubleswitch and mobile user interface expert. Previously at frog.
Designer at @chloe-isabel. Worked at @yipit and @seatgeek
Content Strategist @blogtalkradio (formerly @vaynermedia and @general-assembly). Founder @feasted Alum of @stanford-university & @claremont-mckenna-college-1.
Product Designer and Front-End Developer who likes making websites that are easy to use and easy on the eyes.
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 @xero, UI/UX design for Web, iOS, Android, and Windows 8
UX Director at @secondmarket. Ex-Yahoo. Former Frontend Developer. @carnegie-mellon-university MHCI. Dataviz nerd. Product-y. Focused on webapps for complex workflows.
Founder @collabfinder • One exit • Award winning designer who's worked for startups like @squidoo, @betaworks and more • Studied at @ucla
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
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.
Founder @designbymagik • Worked at @sefaira • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university, @new-jersey-institute-of-technology
http://jeremygayed.carbonmade.com/
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
Founder, CEO @busy, Previously Creative Director at @fancy
Lead Restaurant Network Trainer @grubhub-inc-1 @seamlessweb CoFounder of @citymixin. 1st tech startup in highschool. BS Organizational Leadership Penn State.
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.
Web Technologist in NYC, @locality-1 Lead Dev
Founder @homepolish • coded @buzzfeed • closed $1BN Tech M&A for @union Square Advisors • B.S. Mathematical Economics
http://willnathan.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.
designing usability. Information Architecture and Experience Design guru design award ArtDirectorsClub & Wallapper Mag.@design #reallygood #onscreen
Associate UI Designer @salesforce marketing cloud - Formerly @panelfly, @pratt-institute-1 - Graphic Design.
Focused on UI / UX and Front-End Architecture
Co-Founder/CCO: PICT, @kharmanyc. Advertising Creative Director (7 yrs., Ray-Ban, Adidas, Nike). I make people want stuff.
Product Mngmt & Dvlpmnt for @digital-media, @advertising, & @analytics. Ad tech & marketing tech veteran, 2 coasts. Early @doubleclick @google-doubleclick.
http://gjb.tumblr.com
I nudge pixels at 3200% in NYC.
Engineering Intern at @twitter. @middlebury-college Student. Co-founder @strabo.
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
BD + Marketing at FiscalNote. Previously at ACCION, StackMob (acquired by PayPal), Standard Chartered Bank, and Infosys.
http://crystaly.wordpress.com
DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
UI/UX Designer, Front-End Developer, Creative Director.
Co-Founder, Spright.ly; Co-Founder Market Publique; Director of Product, Fashism
MFA Design & Technology at Parsons
http://blog.marketpublique.com
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
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
Co-Founder and Product Designer @kanvas
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.
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/
Design & product with a dash of marketing. Made @ketup. Helped make @pandora & @goodguide. Studied @university-of-california-berkeley. Currently consulting & experimenting.
Formerly co-founded @swig-5; product design lead for @mitro-lectorius-inc and @socialflow; consulted on @hashtack, @paay, @cheekd, @consumr.
Principal UI Designer @aol previously at @amazon @the-walt-disney-company • Loves fashion, design and modern art • Studied at @university-of-toronto
Villain.
http://dcurt.is
Serial entrepreneur. Strong biz background (@bain-company , @bridgewater-associates, @microsoft) & education (@stanford-university, Harvard, @university-of-california-berkeley)
TEDx Speaker. CEO of @slidebean. Designer. Startup Chile and DreamIt Ventures Alumnus. 40-under-40 Costa Rican innovator.
http://caya.me
Product Guy, Technology and Design Enthusiast, Aspiring Astronaut
Social Design Strategist. Formerly @facebook , @google , @apple. BSE in Computer Graphics + Psychology from @university-of-pennsylvania. Now Founder @voxle
http://www.FishoftheBay.com
Founder @nlytics. Data/Information/+ UX Nerd. Alum of @reachlocal-nasdaq-rloc + @bizzy. Early College Graduate from @MaryBaldwinCollege. Political Science PhD Dropout.
Creative Technologist
http://ckorhonen.net
Boston University Senior with Experience in Digital Media, Ecommerce, and Marketing Research
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
Product Manager with variety of experiences building products from scratching, optimizing existing products, leading cross-functional teams, and managing PMs.
Founder nLytics • Worked at @the-jar-group, @bizzy, @reachlocal-nasdaq-rloc • Studied at @university-of-north-texas
http://blog.theclayfox.com
Designer @ betaworks, xoogler, xyahoo, residing in Brooklyn. http://t.co/lxqHlznAGA
Product Design @pinterest. Previously @good.
http://www.tomorrowthings.com
Product Designer / Art Director
Collaborative UX leader
Digital Product Designer at General Assembly. Strong background in UX/UI and branding. RISD grad, BA in Graphic Design.
http://reneerenay.tumblr.com
Developer, fan of complex adaptive systems.
Designer, entrepreneur, & student studying at @ConnCollege | Currently Platform User Experience Intern @quirky | Previously @getUni, @bitly, and @chartbeat
Co-Founder at @cord
Previously Creative Lead at @google
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.
Creative director and manager of design teams (UX, UI, motion, interaction, product, and marketing). Worked for Animoto, Food Network, CBS, and Obama (2008).
Founder & Principal @planetary
http://notes.gross.is
Designer & Programmer • Founder @bitcast-io • Worked at @shelby-tv • Studied at @vanderbilt-university
http://zach.sh
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
UX Designer, Dartmouth grad
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/
Co-founder & Designer at @marquee. Previously built Exoutlet & Policus. NY @techstars
Founder at @tastemaker • Worked at @gilt Groupe • Studied at University of California, @university-of-california-berkeley
http://www.triestherlon.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.
UX & Visual Designer, Graduate of UC Berkeley's School of Information, Generalist, Fast Learner.
Head Visual and Interactive Designer at @slice-1, Contract designer at fka Samplista @embly • Studied at @rochester-institute-of-technology
HF @ IDEO | interaction design | product research | techstars mentor | 2012 SVA MFA IxD | INTP
A sunny day is a good day
Experience Design Lead @airbnb. Co-author of @thebeerbook and an alright dude.
Invention Ambassador @quirky. Past: founder of LaserJockey Inc.
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.
Product Strategy, Design & User Experience
Creative Director/CTO of @atavist. First startup, following 10+ years of freelance.
Product Designer @dash-1 with a passion for designing simple and clear interfaces for almost every device which offers a display.
Partner @swiss-commerce, Investor @retailmls / @clickandsend / @ask-a-nerd, @heavenlysinful
UX Designer and Product Manager. ITP graduate. 8+ years of experience doing UX Design for non-profits, big brands, and startups.
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
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
Visual User Interface Designer. Former startup employee. Advertising and marketing professional with UX background. @boston-college grad. Short.
Product owner by way of designer by way of engineer. I make products for millions of people.
http://blog.brianmcconnell.me/