nextNYers Archive

This week on nextNYers, Courtney sits down with NY-based Cameron Price, Chief Technology Officer at Mint Digital. Price explains how the New York and London based company creates cross platform entertainment properties for a variety of clients by fusing new media and traditional media. Clients include MTV Networks, ABC Family and the BBC.

Check out all of the previous nextNYers episodes along with our review of online video in NYC.

This week on nextNYers, Courtney sits down with NY-based Indaba Music co-founders Matthew Siegel and Dan Zaccagnino. Indaba Music is an online social network and web application that not only provides musicians and artists with the ability to locate and communicate with one another, but also to collaborate with fellow artists. Musicians can use Indaba as a tool to finesse already composed tracks, or create brand new material from scratch with their peers. They are privately funded and aren’t seeking any additional funding at this time.

Last month we covered a similar service, IndieGoGo.

Check out all of the previous nextNYers episodes along with our review of online video in NYC.

This week on nextNYers, Courtney sits down with NY-based Camlink Co-Founder Serge Kalinskiy. Kalinskiy discusses how his research in the growing online dating market led to the launch of this webcam-based speed dating service. Camlink.com features free registration and personalized profiles. In addition, it holds online ‘events’ for people with common interests to come together. They are looking to raise a funding round this spring and are targeting a userbase of 60,000 unique users per month. It’s worth a watch just to see how Courtney really goes into him about business plan, and competitors.

Check out all of the previous nextNYers episodes along with our review of online video in NYC.

This week on nextNYers, Meghan sits down with NY-based Wreck and Salvage Co-Creator Adam Quirk. Adam discusses how the company is a collective of three video artists across several states. With a wide demographic, Wreck and Salvage attracts clients who want to create original and unique viral videos.

Don’t forget to check out all of the previous nextNYers episodes along with our review of online video in NYC.

This week on nextNYers, Meghan sits down with NY-based Mochila and its CEO Keith McAllister. McAllister explains how Mochila is the first and only online marketplace for content. A publisher has the option to either purchase photos, videos, and articles, or acquire the content for free by accepting advertising with it.

Check out all of our previous Mochila coverage including their latest distribution deals and our extended interview with the team.

Don’t forget to check out all of the previous nextNYers episodes along with our review of online video in NYC.

This week on nextNYers, Meghan sits down with NY-based AdaptiveBlue’s Director of Engineering Karen Teng. We’ve covered AdaptiveBlue several times over the past year.

They have continued to make their products (BlueOrganizer and SmartLinks) easier to understand for the common person (aka me) and Karen noted that they are looking to enter the social space this year so I expect to see the terminology continue to shift. While some geeks might care about "semantic web", most Internet users just want something that helps them without big words.

Karen also noted that they are seeking a series B round of funding and are currently in discussions with investors. Lastly, she noted that AdaptiveBlue is considering adding advertisements to their panels which would be highly contextual.

Don’t forget to check out all of the previous nextNYers episodes along with our review of online video in NYC.

This week on nextNYers, Meghan sits down with NY-based Zude. Zude Co-Founder Jim McNeil explains how Zude is a fully customizable personal online space where users can grab and share pictures, objects, widgets and information allowing them to communicate with their friends and contacts in a way not possible on Facebook or Myspace. Zude effectively allows anyone to easily create and maintain their very own website.

Some notes about Zude:

• Allows users to organize, publish and share their digital assets
• Uses a premium ad unit model allowing only one perishable ad on any given page
• Zude platform is a social media community with exchangeable objects

Check out all of the previous nextNYers episodes along with our review of online video in NYC.