People
Meet 2550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building New York's tech scene.
Adam Rothenberg
Partner @boxgroup (previously Director @techstars NYC) Studied @wharton-school-1
Jon Steinberg
CEO of Daily Mail, North America. Previously, President and COO of @buzzfeed in NYC.
danah boyd
social media scholar, youth researcher & advocate | @microsoft Research, Harvard Berkman Center | zephoria@zephoria.org
Rick Webb
Investor, Writer, Co-Founder, COO of @the-barbarian-group (sold to Cheil/Samsung). Economist. Alaskan.
Jason Seats
Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)
Sam Lessin
VP of Product at @facebook. Founder of Drop.io. Investor at Birchbox, Makerbot, Venmo.
Maria Thomas
Worked at @amazon, @etsy • Investor @twice, @sidetour
Fritz Lanman
Founder, Stealth Startup; Former @microsoft Corporate Strategy & Acquisitions.
David Teten
Partner, @ffvc , Founder and Chairman Emeritus, @harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York Studied at @harvard-business-school, @yale-university
Gabe Zichermann
Chair, Gamification Summit. Author, Gamification by Design & Game-Based Marketing CEO, Gamification Co Helped Found & Sell Trymedia Systems
Mark Hager
Investor in @episencial, @give2gether, @bit-ly, @powermat, @briefcam, @ctera-networks. Team member of @alm-unltd
Mareza Larizadeh
Founder/CEO, pulsd Gramercy Park Capital GP, Red Swan Ventures Cofounder at @doostang Principal at DFJ ePlanet Ventures Analyst, Credit Trading at Merrill Lynch
Dave Morgan
Founder/CEO of @simulmedia. Founder/CEO of @tacoda. Founder/CEO of @real-media (predecessor 24/7 @real-media). 20 years in online ad biz, now in TV.
Giordano Bruno Contestabile
VP of Product Management and Revenue at Tilting Point, @electronic-arts and @popcap-games alumnus, angel investor with focus on B2C mobile and web companies
Dave Lerner
Director Entrepreneurship @ Columbia University, host of @venturestudio, 4x entrepreneur, angel, e'ship prof @ columbia business school, founder @startupgenome
Kevin Colleran
Venture Partner @general-catalyst-partners. Managing Director @slow Ventures Seed Fund. First 10 employees @facebook . @wall-street-journal Columnist.
Nate Westheimer
CEO & Co-Founder @picturelife. Angel investor with Red Bud. Executive Director of NY Tech Meetup. Advisor to @flybridge-capital-partners. http://innonate.com/
Meridith Dennes
Co-Founder of @project-eve, Strong business background (15-year investment banking veteran), Marvel Entertainment, Spy magazine. BA @Northwestern, MBA NYU.
Ben Huh
Founder @cheezburger, @circa • Studied at @northwestern-university. Allergic to cats.
David S. Kidder
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, @clickable, Inc.
Dayna Grayson
Partner at NEA. Previously investor at North Bridge Venture Partners, Product Designer by background.
Eoghan Jennings
Founded @bourbon to give musicians a personalized experience. Co-founded @sbootcamp & @healthxl in Dublin. Brought @xing (IPO '06) from €100K to €40m as CFO.
Michael Lazerow
Founder: @buddy-media, @golf-com, U-WIRE. Investing: $10M family partnership with my wife, Kass, and bro, John. We don’t have sharp elbows. $2B+ exits.
Saul Hansell
@sii-tv: CEO & Founder. @new-york-times: Lead Internet reporter; founding editor Bits blog. @aol: Head Seed.com; Head @the-huffington-post "Big News" pages