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Todd Harrison, founder and CEO of Minyanville Media (www.minyanville.com)Todd Harrison is the founder and CEO of Minyanville, a media company focusing on financial intelligence and infotainment. He has 17 years experience on Wall Street as a vice-president at Morg... more
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2.Alan Levy, Founder & CEO, BlogTalkRadio (www.blogtalkradio.com)
Since launching BlogTalkRadio in August 2006, Alan has grown the venture from a single Internet-based radio show into the world’s largest online radio network, with 3.6 million monthly listene... more
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Gary Vaynerchuk (www.garyvaynerchuk.com)Gary is rocking both the wine world and the web world. His eminently entertaining yet educational Wine Library TV has landed him on the national stage, and his expertise on creating personal b... more
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Buzzd is a location-sensitive entertainment listings service with branded editorial and real-time user generated content on the mobile device. Deep manages Buzzd's technology projects and road... more
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5.Michael Bloomberg (www.alleyinsider.com)
Founder, Bloomberg LP Mayor, New York City Well, who did you expect? Michael Bloomberg is by far New York's most successful digital entrepreneur. He's also the city's Mayor and one of its ... more
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6.Jordan Goldman - Founder and CEO of Unigo.com (www.Unigo.com)
Jordan Goldman is the 25 year-old founder and CEO of NYC-based Unigo.com. Pre-launch, and focusing on America's top 225 colleges, Jordan started a nationwide grassroots movement to get st... more
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8.George Kliavkoff (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 24
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David Lerner (www.stv.columbia.edu)David is one of NYC's supermen. By day he heads up the new venture arm of Columbia University (pioneers all things entrepreneurial at the school) and by night he's an angel investor. His eff... more
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10.Jason Beckerman - Teach The People and Social Cash (www.teachthepeople.com)
For the last decade Jason Beckerman, CEO of Dank Apps and Teach The People (http://www.teachthepeople.com), has been heavily involved with application development and hosted internet applicati... more
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12.Scott Heiferman (www.alleyinsider.com)
Co-Founder/CEO, Meetup Co-Founder, Fotolog Director, New York Tech Meetup Out of the ashes of the Bubble 1.0 wreckage rose a handful of intrepid entrepreneurs who refused to listen to pun... more
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Steven Van Blarcom - Digital Revenue Consultant / Principal, Van Blarcom Consulting LLC (www.vanblarcomconsulting.com)Steven Van Blarcom is the Principal and Managing Partner of Van Blarcom Consulting. The company’s focus, since its inception 6 years ago, is to take early-stage digital companies and move the... more
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14.Barry Diller (www.alleyinsider.com)
Chairman and CEO, IAC Barry Diller is Chairman and CEO of IAC, the largest publicly traded interactive conglomerate (soon to be busted up into five separate companies). The former CEO of Pa... more
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James D. Robinson (www.rre.com)Co-Founder & Managing Partner, RRE Ventures
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16.Michael Sprouse (www.epicadvertising.com)
Mike is the Chief Marketing Officer for Epic Advertising, the New York-based online marketing leader. His responsibilities include overseeing all marketing strategy for the company, corporate ... more
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18.Brett Petersel (www.mashable.com)
Brett Petersel is the East Coast Events Director for Mashable, the world's largest blog on social networking. He is also the founder of New York-based NextWeb, whose events include the popular... more
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Ashley John Heather (www.whitespacegroup.com)Ashley moved to NY from London in 2001 and has since built a number of digital media businesses including MusiKube, StarStyle, WiFi Salon, Cutting Edged Technologies and Nextcode Corp. He run... more
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22.Lindsay Campbell (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 89
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David S. Rose (www.newyorkangels.com)Chariman of the New York Angels CEO of Angelsoft.net Founder of Rose Tech Ventures investment fund and incubator
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25.Connected Ventures Team (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 70
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former CEO of Doubleclick, current CEO of Alleycorp
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Ryan Alovis, founded ArkNet Media in 2005 and it has quickly grown into one of the largest privately owned interactive agencies. With a focus on consumer friendly products, he's cornered the m... more
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Bill Cammack (billcammack.com)Bill Cammack is an MIT graduate, Emmy Award-Winning Video Editor, Connector, Dating Coach, New Media Consultant, Personal Trainer, Videoblogger, Sportbiker, Videogamer and a National & Interna... more
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32.Jen Chung, Jake Dobkin (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 78
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Jack Aaronson, CEO - The Aaronson Group (www.aaronsongroup.com)Jack is a thought-leader in digital marketing and user experience. He has been writing articles for ClickZ.com since 2002, helping shape and define our industry's best practices. The Aaron... more
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Whitney Hess (www.whitneyhess.com)Whitney Hess is an independent user experience design consultant based in New York City. Most recently she was on the design team at Liquidnet, an international financial software company that... more
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Gary Sharma (www.garysguide.org)New York's tech scene is the most vibrant and active it's been in a very long time, and no site has done a better job of compiling its events into one place. Gary's Guide, a startup that h... more
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Caroline McCarthy (news.cnet.com)"The news always comes first" with Caroline McCarthy. Rockstar reporter and rabble rouser from CNET Networks.
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38.Henry Blodget (www.alleyinsider.com)
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39.Charlie O'Donnell (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 71
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Formally with the Economist, Current VP of Tacit Knowledge and Co-Founder of NextWeb (formally NY Web 2.0 Meetup) Oz has been advising NY-based startups for over a decade. He is one of the foremost social connectors in NYC.
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Matt Caldecutt, Tech/Media Publicist (www.linkedin.com)Matt Caldecutt has over five years experience in working in publicity. He is a pioneer in regards to connecting New York City bloggers to tech and media events. Matt knows how to shine light ... more
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Alex Schmelkin and Josh Levine (www.alexanderinteractive.com)Co-Founders, Alexander Interactive Alex and Josh co-founded Ai in 2002 and in six years have taken it from a small web business to a full-service interactive agency. Alex’s interactive strate... more
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Court Cunningham (www.yodle.com)As CEO, Court has established Yodle as a leader in the red-hot local online marketing category. Yodle has seen a remarkable 700% year-over-year growth from 2007 to 2008. Prior to joining Yodl... more
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46.Steven H. Krein, Unity Stoakes, Dan Feldman (organizedwisdom.com)
Three New York serial entrepreneurs who have been working together building Internet businesses for over a decade are at again with OrganizedWisdom.com (backed by ETF Ventures, Esther Dyson #... more
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47.Mark Peter Davis (www.markpeterdavis.com)
"I am an active member of the NY venture community. I currently work at DFJ Gotham Ventures, a leading early-stage IT venture capital fund in NYC. I'm also the founder of the Columbia Ventur... more
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He rocked the world as Mr. Interactive Advertising, building global agencies and winning awards. He's doing it again as CMO of JumpTap - forging and shaping the newly emerging mobile advertising industry.
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49.Jed Katz, Ross Goldstein (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 46
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The Product Guy (tpgblog.com)Startup and Online Product Experience Guru
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Recent transplant from WashingtonVC, Litman is a serial entrepreneur and a great addition to NYC's tech scene. His latest startup, Medialets, is one of the only players in the brand-new market of iPhone app advertising.
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Josh Mohrer - Director of retail - BustedTees (www.bustedtees.com)A man of the people
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53.Bre Pettis (brepettis.com)
Bre Pettis is a hardware hacker and video producer. By day, he produces videos for Etsy.com that support people making a living making things by hand. Bre is a founding member of NYCResistor, ... more
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54.Anna Maria Virzi, Executive Editor, ClickZ (www.clickz.com)
Anna Maria Virzi is a business journalist who heads up ClickZ, an online publication that covers digital advertising and publishing. At the site, Anna Maria works with a team of experienced jo... more
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Don (man of) Steele (www.linkedin.com)Vice President, Digital Marketing MTVN Entertainment Group at MTVN Entertainment Group. Previously: Director of Digital Marketing at Comedy Central, Director of Digital/Enterprise Marketin... more
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Dan Melinger, Socialight (socialight.com)Dan's a technologist and founder of Socialight. Socialight brings together media, advertising, and tech innovation in developing the next generation of location-aware services. Users discover ... more
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Michael Lewis (www.swarrm.com)Leader of the Revision3 meetup and founder of Swarrm.com, Mike is a great community organizer who will not hesitate to help connect people around him.
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Mike Lazerow (www.buddymedia.com)CEO, founder Buddy Media.com Founder of Golf.com - sold to Time Inc.
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Dennis Crowley (www.denniscrowley.com)Since dodgeball was sold to Google in 05, Dennis has taken a leave of absence from the public tech market. Speaking with a few colleges close to Dennis there is little doubt that he has quite ... more
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63.Rebecca Lieb (www.clickz.com)
Rebecca Lieb has held executive marketing and communications positions at strategic e-services consultancies, including Siegel & Gale, and has worked in the same capacity for global entertainm... more
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Tony Bacigalupo (nwcny.com)Tony is the heart and soul of the co-working movement that is rapidly catching on in NYC. He is involved with managing initiatives such as Jelly at House 2.0 and CooperBricolage, a coworking c... more
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Matt Knell (www.tagsmith.org)Affectionately known as the godfather of twitter, Matt Knell is consistently on the pulse of all things web 2.0 and geeky goodness. In conjunction with Social Media smarts with JetBlue and ... more
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66.Dina Kaplan, Joel Smernoff (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 80
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Seth Besmertnik (www.conductor.com)Seth Besmertnik is the CEO & Co-Founder at Conductor, Inc. in New York City.
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Alberto Montesi, CEO and founder of Flycell (www.flycell.com)In a real-life “American Dream” story that seems nearly a century out of place, Alberto Montesi, CEO of Flycell, came to New York City from his home in Northern Italy with a dream of starting ... more
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Ari Jacoby co-founded VoiceStar after serving as a senior consultant in the B2B group at Google. Voicestar was acquired by Marchex (MCHX) in September 2007.
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Dr. Riza Berkan (www.hakia.com)Founder of semantic-based search engine, hakia. Dr. Berkan is a nuclear scientist by training with a specialization in artificial intelligence and fuzzy logic. Riza has led the establishme... more
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Ezra Kucharz (www.linkedin.com)An independent digital media consultant, Ezra has been part of the industry since 1995 when he founded Total Sports. Since then he has launched the USTA/US Open's Advanced Media business, lau... more
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Ian Isanberg (www.coffeewithian.com)What has Ian Isanberg done? Chances are he has had coffee with you! In the summer of 07, Isanberg has launched Coffee With Ian, a one man initiative to meet the many “friends” he has made on... more
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75.Melek Pulatkonak (www.hakia.com)
Melek Pulatkonak is the President and Chief Operating Officer at hakia.com., the Web's first meaning based search engine. Before joining hakia in 2004 she had established and managed a niche c... more
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77.Timothy Sykes (www.timothysykes.com)
Web Entrepreneur and Author Timothy Sykes
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Dagny Prieto (www.linkedin.com)Dagny is Silicon Alley's secret User Experience weapon - she has left her mark on numerous web startups (e.g., theLadders.com) and online initiatives of established brands (a major publication... more
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Co-CEO’s of Reprise Media, the New York based full-service search and social media marketing agency. Pete and Josh founded the company in early 2003 and built it into an industry-leading firm ... more
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Jeff’s leadership and vision helped establish the digital services industry more than a decade ago when he co-founded Razorfish, Inc. out of a one-bedroom New York apartment and accidentally a... more
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Greg Clayman (www.youtube.com)Executive Vice President, MTV Networks Digital Media Greg runs Business Development, Digital Distribution, and the mobile group for MTV Networks. He's driven relationships with companies l... more
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Richie Hecker (bootstrappersummit.com)Richie Hecker is a cereal entrepreneur in NYC and has been working on bringing the community together through his various events, his blog bootstrapper.com and his conference www.BootstrapperS... more
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90.Sanford Dickert (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 87
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Adam Quirk (wreckandsalvage.com)Adam Quirk is a famous web video producer from Brooklyn. He is adept at running on foot, preparing food, and riflery.
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Kenyatta Cheese (finalbossform.com)Producer of Rocketboom. Formerly a producer of a bunch of other amazing stuff. Invented videoblogging.
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Rebecca Lieb has held executive marketing and communications positions at strategic e-services consultancies, including Siegel & Gale, and has worked in the same capacity for global entertainm... more
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96.Maurice Freedman, Founder and CEO, Zaah Technologies (www.zaah.com)
Maurice is a thought leader in online photo and print on demand space, focusing on developing state-of-the-art user experiences. With his team at Zaah, he has developed websites and strategies... more
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founder of iminlikewithyou - Korean-style gaming site; Julia Allison ex-bf
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Yaron Samid (www.nyvideo.org)Founder of Pando, NY Video 2.0 and TechAviv. A serial entrepreneur and one of the most connected and giving people in the NY new media scene. Yaron organizes the 2,300 member, must-attend event for new media startups, professionals and investors; NY Video 2.0.
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100.Howard Morgan, Josh Kopelman (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 83
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101.Nichelle Stephens (www.nichellestephens.com)
Nichelle Stephens has been active in social media for many years. Originally using an e-mail newsletter to communicate things of interest to her with friends, she switched to a blog format fo... more
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Howard Greenstein (howardgreenstein.com)Co-founder of the Social Media Club & the WWWAC, and board member of NYSIA & NYNMA, small business coach, and unendingly good person, Howard's helped engineer more positive activity in New Yor... more
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105.David Karp (www.tumblr.com)
Founder of microblogging service Tumblr, easily one of NYC's most promising startups. Man about town.
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107.Doug Perlson, Founder and CEO of TargetSpot (www.targetspot.com)
Internet radio has never been so popular, and, as the CEO and co-founder of TargetSpot, Doug Perlson is working to ensure its continued and profitable growth. Inspired by his extensive backgro... more
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109.Erik Sorenson (www.vault.com)
Erik Sorenson is the new Chief Executive Officer of Vault.com, Inc. Vault was one of Silicon Alley's hottest websites when it launched, heralded as "the best place on the web to prepare for a ... more
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110.Karin Klein - Hardest working VC in NYC (www.softbank.com)
If you are a VC, attend any VC event or any tech event in NYC or are an entrepreneur looking for a VC to talk to, then you've met Karin. She is the hardest working VC in NYC and everyone has met her or knows her.
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Sarah Hofstetter, VP of Emerging Media & Client Strategy at 360i, has over 12 years of brand marketing experience. Since joining 360i, Ms. Hofstetter has built up the digital agency’s Emerging... more
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Masha Geller develops content for and manages production of iMedia's Summits, utilizing her exceptional interactive expertise and rolodex, as well as trend-forecasting and strategic planning s... more
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117.Andrew Ross Sorkin (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 23
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Shelly Lazarus (money.cnn.com)Chairman & CEO, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Shelly Lazarus has spent almost her entire career at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide. A graduate of Smith College and an MBA graduate of Columbia Business ... more
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123.Lockhart Steele (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 33
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Janetti Chon (blog.web2expo.com)Community Manager of Web 2.0 Expo, the largest web/tech conference ever to come to New York City.
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126.Darren Herman, Advertising Exec, Entrepreneur & Investor (www.darrenherman.com)
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128.Martin Nisenholtz (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 20
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Kieran Hawe (webtribution.com)Kieran Hawe is one of the most influential digital business executives in NYC for many reasons. The most important being his role as Director, Search / SEO within the Global Digital Media Group at MTV Networks. The 2nd being he is way cooler than Barry Diller.
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Co-Founder of the Ascend Venture Group, a New York City based venture capital firm that has backed a a good group of next generation of successful technology companies, including Send Word Now, GridApp Systems, Tripology.com and the NewsMarket, among others.
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Huffington Post CEO Betsy Morgan transitioned from old to new media last year, when she left CBSNews.com. She now leads the prominent political blog in an important (and contentious) election year.
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Rick Heitzmann (www.firstmarkcap.com)Managing Director at FirstMark Capital
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Roman is one of the founders of Boonty.com, a worldwide leader in the digital distribution of online games, and the company behind the free games site http://www.cafe.com With cafe.com, the... more
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Ian Schafer (www.ianschafer.com)Ian Schafer, CEO and Founder of Deep Focus, has redefined the way brands and entertainment properties are marketed online, and actively promotes the idea that “interactive” is not just a mediu... more
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138.Brooke Hammerling (www.brewpr.com)
Brooke's PR firm, Brew, is one of the most successful NY, with clientele such as NetSuite, Ning, Larry Ellison, Sonos, Sirius, and so on. Brooke demonstrates that the Alley has just as much cache and reach as anyone in the Valley.
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140.Michael Yavonditte (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 56
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141.Tristan Louis (www.tnl.net)
What does Tristan Louis do? We're not too sure but many Silicon Alley companies seem to seek out his advice and contacts.
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Rachel Sterne (groundreport.com)CEO and Founder of Ground Report, a site that democratizes news reporting to offer true global news coverage.
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145.Jonathan Miller (www.alleyinsider.com)
2007 Rank: 64
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Jen Bekman (www.linkedin.com)Jen Bekman is an entrepreneur, a gallery owner, a writer, a New Yorker and a woman with opinions. Consider Jen the point where technology, art and experience intersect. Her most recent endeavo... more
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Brian Stelter (www.nytimes.com)Came from nowhere (well, a Mediabistro blog) last year and now writes about digital media in the New York Times seemingly every single day.
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