Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in New York.
@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 @kitchensurfing
http://www.borahm.com
Serial entrepreneur (@feedburner sold to @google, @spyonit sold to 724 Solutions), designer, pilot. My head is full of zero-billion dollar business ideas.
Founder, PLOW. Co-founder, CSO of Evidon. Previously a product and BD exec at TRUSTe. Specialize in product strategy, sales, marketing, and execution.
Partner @homebrew. Formerly VP Product at @twitter, ex-Google PM, ex-Partner at @battery-ventures. Penn educated. Vegas raised.
http://www.venturegeneratedcontent.com/
Product Designer @quirky. Previous: founder at @publikdemand, @keepstream (acquired by @infochimps), @infochimps Director of UX.
Human being, aspiring man. @sharesquare-beastmode-fm • @startupdigest LA • #DTLA
http://blog.beastmode.fm
Business Designer. Previously UX Designer + Innovation Strategist. Former @adaptive-path + @nike consultant.
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
Currently at @gobbler • Worked at @apple, @line-6 • Studied at @berklee-college-of-music, @azusa-pacific-university
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.
Worked at @union-square-ventures, @cisco • Investor @union-square-ventures • Studied at @princeton-university
http://blog.garychou.com
Mobile Product Designer at BuzzFeed and formerly Animoto. Previously Front-End Web Developer at Eventbrite and Yahoo.
Investor; Founder & CEO of @behance; Author of Making Ideas Happen; Adobe's VP Products/Community; Eternal Student.
http://99u.com
Founder @heynow, @pencil-labs and @vlingo • Studied at @tufts-university. MS in CS and HCI • Experienced iOS / Android hacker • Serious about design
Passionate about music, food, photography, and beautiful things. @pokenewyork by day, restaurant hopper by night.
http://chufucious.tumblr.com/
Co-Founder of Flatiron Health, previously Co-Founder/CEO of @invite-media
http://www.natsturner.com
Founder of @stream & @maz. Instructor at @general-assembly. Designer. Entrepreneur. UX aficionado. Inc.'s 30 Under 30. Formerly at @apple.
http://paulthewizard.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/
Co-founder of Fleep
UX Designer in NYC
Worked in Techstars NYC, alumni of Start-Up Chile
@curioos Founder, CEO & Chief Curator.
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
Co-Founder of @javelin
CEO of @agility IO • Mentor at @500startups • Worked at @loopt @goldman-sachs, @bank-of-america, @lab49 • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
Cofounder at feedly. Partner at Makers Camp.
Co-founder at Sunrise. Formerly designing @foursquare.
I design, build and ship products. All the time.
http://breakthebit.org
Worked at @lyft, @square • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university • chrismgrant.com
Founder, CEO @socure. Serial entrepreneur with 20 years experience mostly focused on enterprise security and social marketing product, sales and post-sales.
Serial entrepreneur. Startup Visa Activist (Directed "Starting-Up in America"). EFREI Paris / UC London / Beijing Tech M.Sc. 2007.
http://blog.tajn.net
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.
Design Chief at Blade, LLC.
Former President at Ministry of Supply, CXO at Gemvara, Director of UX at Gilt Groupe and Zappos.
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
Co-founder, head of product at @caliber . BA Economics. MFA Design & Technology.
Co-Founder of @UBD and @highlightercom. Passionate about building great companies and working with inspiring people.
http://JoshMullineaux.com
Venture founding & advising -funding & traction strategies. Recipient- Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. Founded 1st MVNO in the U.S. & acquired by T-Mobile
Designer, developer, builder, entrepreneur, mentor. First designer at @groupon. Currently Head of Platform Experience @quirky
Helping with everything at Faithstreet. Passionate about product and user experience.
http://www.thedesignnerds.com
Product Manager, Designer, Developer, Geek of all trades. @accomplsh @birchbox @etsy @flickr @yahoo. @cornell-university alum
http://jennvargas.com/thoughts
Founder @makers-row, @closingbell - Crowdsourced Stock Tips
Princeton ‘15 · CS + Design · Prev @angellist @dorm-room-fund @addepar
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Chief Product Officer at @catchpoint-systems Inc.
http://blog.catchpoint.com
Product Designer at @kickstarter . Previously at @forrst and @barkbox. A complete idiot.
Head of Product @neongrid. Co-founder @slated. Founder and Exec Creative Director of @katharsis.
http://slatedblog.posterous.com
Founder & CEO of @astro. Former developer at @lot18, @chartbeat. Manager at @crestron-electronics.
Founder / Product Designer of @days-by-wander (acquired by @yahoo) Founder of Designers Debate Club (@designdebaters). Gamer, cyclist, Korean speaker.
http://blog.keenancummings.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
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.
Creator @bench-fitness , Tech Lead at @the-huffington-post , CTO/Co-Founder @localocracy (sold to Aol in 2011).
http://asoul.es
Founder, Jayesh is Picatic’s public face and voice. As CEO his primary responsible for overseeing product strategy & vision.
http://www.picatic.com/blog/
CMU HCI grad; 7 years of web and mobile coding; Interface Developer, Interaction Designer.
Product Manager / Consumer Software Developer / UX Engineer
MA in Interactive Design, Entrepreneur, Founder @apppulp , Worked @adobe-systems
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
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
founder @unvael-fm. founded @pict (@angelpad S12, acquired by @popsugar). founded @vael-project (manufacturing/footwear brand). engineer @broadcom
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
Full Stack Developer
Product designer with consumer and enterprise expertise.
Lead design & product @turntable-fm, founded @jotlet-llc (sold to @jive-software ).
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.
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
Product Designer & Director • Former Head of Design @gree, Lead designer @nokia , @yahoo • Game designer @area/code, @freeverse • NYU ITP alum • CCA professor
Founder of @poptip; CEO & Head of Product Development
http://kfalter.com
Designer at @chloe-isabel. Worked at @yipit and @seatgeek
Founder @collabfinder • One exit • Award winning designer who's worked for startups like @squidoo, @betaworks and more • Studied at @ucla
Founder at @rollinglobe • Director at Millennials in Travel • Worked at @yahoo
Designer & Entrepreneur I Founder @butterscotch-labs
Product designer @xero, UI/UX design for Web, iOS, Android, and Windows 8
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
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
Content Strategist @blogtalkradio (formerly @vaynermedia and @general-assembly). Founder @feasted Alum of @stanford-university & @claremont-mckenna-college-1.
i want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always, forever, now
http://blog.postarchitectural.com
Senior product designer at Karma. Co-founder of app development company doubleswitch and mobile user interface expert. Previously at frog.
Strong expertise on Mobile Products. Development & Design. Partner @ SwishLabs. Previously CEO @venio; PM @Theknetwork. Studied @mcgill-university
http://swishlabs.co/blog
Merchbar Founder & CEO. Designer.
Prev: Founder & CEO of Swift.fm (acq 2012).
Special projects @ Red Bull, Pono, Drip.fm
http://aten.co
UX Director at @secondmarket. Ex-Yahoo. Former Frontend Developer. @carnegie-mellon-university MHCI. Dataviz nerd. Product-y. Focused on webapps for complex workflows.
BD + Marketing at FiscalNote. Previously at ACCION, StackMob (acquired by PayPal), Standard Chartered Bank, and Infosys.
http://crystaly.wordpress.com
Founder @homepolish • coded @buzzfeed • closed $1BN Tech M&A for @union Square Advisors • B.S. Mathematical Economics
http://willnathan.com
Founder @designbymagik • Worked at @sefaira • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university, @new-jersey-institute-of-technology
http://jeremygayed.carbonmade.com/
UX/Product Designer w/a goofy golden retriever. Interested in tech, music, traveling, scrabble, random acts of kindness, & food. ITP/NYU & TechStars NYC Alum.
Founded Tripl (Venture Backed), Built Course with GA & Facebook, UI/UX Designer, Hustler, Creative Technologist
http://www.back2brooklyn.com
I nudge pixels at 3200% in NYC.
I design experiences that, in addition to being visually pleasing, are rational, conscious and tactile.
Associate UI Designer @salesforce marketing cloud - Formerly @panelfly, @pratt-institute-1 - Graphic Design.
Focused on UI / UX and Front-End Architecture
designing usability. Information Architecture and Experience Design guru design award ArtDirectorsClub & Wallapper Mag.@design #reallygood #onscreen
Narcoleptic entrepreneur with a passion for design. Cofounded @trubalance @well-crafted @the-mill-1. Worked at @handshake / @inkd / @imagekind.
DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
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
Lead Restaurant Network Trainer @grubhub-inc-1 @seamlessweb CoFounder of @citymixin. 1st tech startup in highschool. BS Organizational Leadership Penn State.
Northeastern University Graphic Design/Interactive Media. Currently UX at PayPal. Currently freelancing for a mobile app, a digital publication app, and a few websites.
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
UX Designer @gilt-groupe
http://parkd.tumblr.com
Engineering Intern at @twitter. @middlebury-college Student. Co-founder @strabo.
Founder, CEO @busy, Previously Creative Director at @fancy
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
Web Technologist in NYC, @locality-1 Lead Dev
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
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
Independent design / technical consultant. Previously @groupon, @gympact, @tapforge, @oneforty. Globe-trotter, author, proud college stop-out.
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
Principal UI Designer @aol previously at @amazon @the-walt-disney-company • Loves fashion, design and modern art • Studied at @university-of-toronto
Social Design Strategist. Formerly @facebook , @google , @apple. BSE in Computer Graphics + Psychology from @university-of-pennsylvania. Now Founder @voxle
http://www.FishoftheBay.com
Formerly co-founded @swig-5; product design lead for @mitro-lectorius-inc and @socialflow; consulted on @hashtack, @paay, @cheekd, @consumr.
Valedictorian of Parsons School of Design, 2009. Currently working at a startup as lead designer since 2010.
Product Guy, Technology and Design Enthusiast, Aspiring Astronaut
Villain.
http://dcurt.is
Founder @nlytics. Data/Information/+ UX Nerd. Alum of @reachlocal-nasdaq-rloc + @bizzy. Early College Graduate from @MaryBaldwinCollege. Political Science PhD Dropout.
Design & product with a dash of marketing. Made @ketup. Helped make @pandora & @goodguide. Studied @university-of-california-berkeley. Currently consulting & experimenting.
Serial entrepreneur. Strong biz background (@bain-company , @bridgewater-associates, @microsoft) & education (@stanford-university, Harvard, @university-of-california-berkeley)
Co-Founder and Product Designer @kanvas
Web, Mobile, UI / UX Design @ BBDO.com CSOD.com NURV.nu ( AAU Alumni )
https://www.facebook.com/JessicaLevaton
Creative Technologist
http://ckorhonen.net
TEDx Speaker. CEO of @slidebean. Designer. Startup Chile and DreamIt Ventures Alumnus. 40-under-40 Costa Rican innovator.
http://caya.me
Boston University Senior with Experience in Digital Media, Ecommerce, and Marketing Research
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/
Designer @ betaworks, xoogler, xyahoo, residing in Brooklyn. http://t.co/lxqHlznAGA
Designer & Programmer • Founder @bitcast-io • Worked at @shelby-tv • Studied at @vanderbilt-university
http://zach.sh
Product Manager with variety of experiences building products from scratching, optimizing existing products, leading cross-functional teams, and managing PMs.
Founder Rewind Radio • Worked at @intent-media • Studied at @quinnipiac-university
VP Product at Vocativ. Past Director of Product, The Huffington Post; Founder, Adaptive Semantics; StartupBus 2012. Media, Data, Community, Automation.
Founder nLytics • Worked at @the-jar-group, @bizzy, @reachlocal-nasdaq-rloc • Studied at @university-of-north-texas
http://blog.theclayfox.com
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
Digital Product Designer at General Assembly. Strong background in UX/UI and branding. RISD grad, BA in Graphic Design.
http://reneerenay.tumblr.com
Founder & Principal @planetary
http://notes.gross.is
Creative director and manager of design teams (UX, UI, motion, interaction, product, and marketing). Worked for Animoto, Food Network, CBS, and Obama (2008).
Product Designer / Art Director
Co-Founder at @cord
Previously Creative Lead at @google
Developer, fan of complex adaptive systems.
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
UX Designer, Dartmouth grad
Founder + CEO of @makr. Background in design, UI/UX. Graduate of @carnegie-mellon-university.
http://www.makrplace.com/blog/
Collaborative UX leader
Designer, entrepreneur, & student studying at @ConnCollege | Currently Platform User Experience Intern @quirky | Previously @getUni, @bitly, and @chartbeat
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/
Product Design @pinterest. Previously @good.
http://www.tomorrowthings.com
Creative Director/CTO of @atavist. First startup, following 10+ years of freelance.
Head Visual and Interactive Designer at @slice-1, Contract designer at fka Samplista @embly • Studied at @rochester-institute-of-technology
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.
Experience Design Lead @airbnb. Co-author of @thebeerbook and an alright dude.
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.
Partner @swiss-commerce, Investor @retailmls / @clickandsend / @ask-a-nerd, @heavenlysinful
Founder & CEO @reaction. Former Principal Designer @frog-design for clients like HP, Comcast, Honeywell, & Disney. Business strategist & frequent TED speaker.
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 & Visual Designer, Graduate of UC Berkeley's School of Information, Generalist, Fast Learner.
Co-founder & Designer at @marquee. Previously built Exoutlet & Policus. NY @techstars
Product Designer @dash-1 with a passion for designing simple and clear interfaces for almost every device which offers a display.
Product Strategy, Design & User Experience
Founder at @tastemaker • Worked at @gilt Groupe • Studied at University of California, @university-of-california-berkeley
http://www.triestherlon.com
Junior Ruby on Rails developer, graduate of General Assembly's WDI (Web Development Immersive) course. Brazilian. Techie. Learn-hungry.
A sunny day is a good day
HF @ IDEO | interaction design | product research | techstars mentor | 2012 SVA MFA IxD | INTP
Product owner by way of designer by way of engineer. I make products for millions of people.
http://blog.brianmcconnell.me/
UX Designer and Product Manager. ITP graduate. 8+ years of experience doing UX Design for non-profits, big brands, and startups.
Invention Ambassador @quirky. Past: founder of LaserJockey Inc.