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ABOUT THE EVENT Join your fellow Disruptive Technologists in Time Square for our upcoming summer 2023 panel and networking event. This free event is co-hosted by the Cal Alumni Association of UC Berkeley June 27th, 20236:30 PM to 8 PMMicrosoft in Times SquareConference Room Floor 6th floor, Conference room “Central Park West”11 Times Square, Manhattan, NY REGISTER AND SAVE YOUR SPOT Meet with fellow disruptors for Inspiration & Networking . There will also be giveaways, coff

It’s no news that women founders and executives are proving themselves in all walks of life and adding value from their unique perspectives. Yet there are some sectors that won’t particularly be considered a woman’s territory-- such as the gaming industry. But this landscape is changing. Kate Gorman , a veteran in the mobile gaming industry, is creating a portfolio of socially infused games. She is the founder, CEO, and President of Fort Mason Games , a modern mobile gaming c

“You really die two times, the first is your physical death, the second is where no one talks about you any longer.” Disruptive Technologists talks with Ken Huening , founder and CEO of MiLegacy, a website , and app designed to curate one’s lifelong memories and stories to be passed on generations among loved ones. He first encountered the idea of the memory curating app when he strived to preserve the stories of his ailing father-in-law, a man with rich life and decorated wa

Listen to the Podcast with Jeff Paul of Viziotag . In 2017, 500 hours of video content was uploaded to YouTube every 60 second s . Many of these videos are well over an hour long making finding the exact piece of information you are really interested in quite a long and tedious experience. It is also easy to skip past the part in the video that you are looking for or miss it entirely making it necessary to start all over again from the beginning. Viziotag is an innovative pl

I believe that, in the future, emotional and social engagement is going to adapt to new platforms; however, the basic principles will remain the same. For example, In the olden days, you had a crowded marketplace with people coming to the market from all over the place. Suppose you had a fruit stand, where you sold apples. If you wanted to sell your products at a good price, you would make sure that the apples (at least the ones that are on the top of the pile) are nice and s

By Lauren Keyson and Sarah Grieco Edward Brooks is a Scottish-born founder and CEO of the photography startup Snapped . He has made New York his home mostly because he believes that the greatest thing about NY is that it’s such a small, compact place and that people can get things done very quickly. That is part and parcel of his vision -- to be able to make great photography available to everyone quickly. He believes that while there are lots of iPhones and selfie stic

by Altynay Demeubayeva Igor Gonta is the CEO of Market Prophit . His company offers a unique tool that organizes all information on the Internet and puts it in an adjustable way. We caught up with him at the Big Global Tech Pitch to Investors. Igor Gonta, CEO of Market Prophit Altynay Demeubayeva: So, do you track the tweeters in social media? IG: We track people as they tweet and we want to measure their performance because otherwise there is so much noise, how does the in

by Lauren Keyson and Altynay Demeubayeva David Rose was a panelist at the Disruptive Technologists in NYC Meetup about Social Media: Is It Still Fundable? He started probably half a dozen of companies and has founded over 19 in his portfolio. He is an investor who has worked with New York Angels , which is the largest and most accurate group of angels in NYC. Then he went back and started another company called Gust that is a disruptive infrastructure platform for the nex

by Zak Niazi and Lauren Keyson The NY Technology Council held a panel discussion on the legality of reposting online works without the original author’s permission. It seems many people are doing trying to beef up their own content this way. There are many problems with using other previously posted online content to your website, not the least of which is the Search Engine Optimization issue it could create . That alone is reason enough not to use other people's content, b

Monday, March 31, 2014 6:15 PM to 8:15 PM There is a radical transformation taking place in the entertainment and media industries. Music, film, TV, newspapers and magazines have all been intensely affected by the explosion of new devices that enable the consumption of digital media. We will explore the ways the creative industries are remaking themselves and what can be expected in the future. Investors are betting on the next generation of innovative companies: Angel and VC

by Lauren Keyson and Zak Niazi Inaki Berenguer is the founder and CEO of Pixable , a mobile photo discovery act. At the January NY Tech Meetup, his team launched their new app called Photofeed , a mobile application to back up photos across devices. Once Photofeed is installed on a laptop or other device, it will automatically back up all the photos into a single photo feed in a single timeline, eliminating the duplicates across devices and across photos. Everything is then

About the Event Disruptive Technologists January 27th, 2014 Meetup on Social Media. Is Social Media still fundable? How is it used for data mining? What are the new insights on Twitter and marketing? What are the cool new apps out there, and are there any more new ones to create? Has it all been done? The Panelists Bruce Bachenheimer, Professor and Director of Entrepreneurship Lab at Pace University. Bruce Bachenheimer is a Clinical Professor of Management and the Director o

By Zak Niazi Joshua Weiss founded Teliapp , a builder of mobile applications that focuses on geosocial networking and games. The inspiration for his first product came when he was sitting in a coffee shop and watched a teenage boy try to approach a girl. The experience, he thought, could have been made much simpler with app technology where people log in and see who around them wants to engage in a conversation. Soon after, he created the app WannaHang in an effort to do jus

By Philip Naess The November 2013 New York Video Meetup took place at the New York Media Center in Dumbo, Brooklyn. The organizer, Steven Rosenbaum , hosts the group’s monthly events. With the intention of discussing the fast-paced growing online video market, three presenters attempted to woo the crowd with their unique go at disrupting an already competitive field. Rosenbaum said that he found it refreshing that each startup demonstrated a clear business strategy and willi

Steven Asherman Steven Asherman , Founder of Content Galaxy , saw an opportunity to disrupt the customary way we view video content online. Content Galaxy is a web content hosting service that gives authors and publishers a better way to earn money from their videos and other digital goods. Unlike already established video streaming giants Netflix, YouTube, and Vimeo, Content Galaxy allows users to upload their digital content, and get paid according to “rigorously metered us

By Roger Maloney Digitas NewFront Event for Creators I received the opportunity to attend the Digitas NewFront event where various new and traditional companies received the opportunity to showcase their company's online video content to various brands. Today the competition for eyeballs is in full swing because every technology company from, Facebook, Apple, Goggle, Amazon, Netflix has become a content creator because the social media/tech companies understand that they are

By Lauren Keyson I sat down with Mike LaValle co - sponsor of the 2011 FarmBill Hackathon and CEO and founder of Gojee . We discussed his beautifully rendered recipe app that showcases 10,000 handpicked recipes by 160 food writers. To use Gojee, people simply enter what they have in their kitchen and curated recipes pop up in seconds. The site will even deliver personalized recipes based on what users crave and dislike. Along with his partner Tian He and his designer, Adam